Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] [vb pp] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fiat , which has lost a few employees in Italy 's corruption scandals , issued a ‘ code of business ethics ’ . |
| 2 | Our press stories in general and working with Keith now over and also the launch of Dare which has got a few problems er are there any other major |
| 3 | A preliminary clipping usually takes place during the course of the knotting , when the weaver cuts the pile yarn to an approximate length after he or she has completed a few rows , but the final clipping is a highly skilled job , which , if badly done , can ruin months of work . |
| 4 | Although she has had a few boyfriends since , there is no one special around . |
| 5 | ‘ But Dad , I feel so ashamed to think that Mr and Mrs Lewis will 'ave ter mix with our kind of neighbours , and you know what Mum 's like when she 's 'ad a few drinks . ’ |
| 6 | No I do n't think she 's ready quite yet , she 's got a few things to sort out first and that 's definitely not right , she wants to raise the daggerboard not lower it , bit of confusion there about which way to turn the tiller but she 's round safely , she should be looking where she 's going now instead of sorting out all the string . |
| 7 | Yeah ya but as I think , as I say she 's got a few things to do today , sh near the oven Ann . |
| 8 | He has played a few games and had received treatment . |
| 9 | With The Cook , The Thief , His Wife And Her Lover ( 18 ) he has made a few changes , but certain basic principles hold good : the look of everything is still turned into art history , and the meaning of everything is still turned into nothing , a nothing that sometimes seems despairing and sometimes only smug . |
| 10 | He has got a few bruises . |
| 11 | He has got a few bruises . |
| 12 | I accept that it has taken a few years for the process to be completed , but everyone who studies the history books will be able to trace the downfall of the Thatcher Government — as some may still call it — to the time when she was foolish enough to remove the right hon. Gentleman from the duties that he was carrying out so successfully . |
| 13 | there are bound to be occasions and er it 's happened a few occasions during my political life , where you do er find agreement with people of of various parties . |
| 14 | Just put Webby on the right-hand side of midfield and put little Gary Crosby up the middle where he 's played a few times for Forest . |
| 15 | Never mind you can play the Bare Naked Lady thingummybobs and er then hopefully we go oh he 's in the shop he 's had a few customers we 'll get back to John a bit later . |
| 16 | he 's got a few bits , there 's still another few bits to be done you know but it just looks such a mess |
| 17 | . Mhm so he 's got a few possibilities . |
| 18 | He 's pulled a few plonkers , I thought . |
| 19 | He 's pulled a few plonkers already ! |