Example sentences of "[pron] [am/are] [verb] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Obviously I 'm pleased that I 'm getting a few winners , ’ he told me , ‘ but I would still like to have more mounts . |
| 2 | Just say , ‘ I 'm having a few friends round to dinner . |
| 3 | I 'm having a few friends in on Saturday evening , along with some new acquaintances , and I 'd like you all to come . ’ |
| 4 | If you are replacing a few boards in an existing floor , and have brought them from a timber yard , do n't come home and fit the boards straight away . |
| 5 | But if you are charged a few pounds , you 'll soon make up the difference once you 're filling up with cheaper , lead-free petrol . |
| 6 | so if you 're staying a few nights some get some saved up do n't you ? |
| 7 | The task the reader is set is rather like that of completing a jigsaw puzzle , where we are given a few pieces at a time , and have to keep guessing what the rest of the picture will be like . |
| 8 | Er we 're getting a few bodies back into the team emptying the treatment room and and things are looking a lot better . |
| 9 | ‘ We both know the gentleman concerned and we 're not very happy about the way things are going so we 're making a few enquiries of our own . ’ |
| 10 | They are left a few millimetres thick and lapped flat or polished , using a lapping compound with paraffin oil lubricant . |
| 11 | Its twenty five years since the folk rock band Fairport Convention first got together and this year they 're planning a few suprises , but one of the stars will be missing . |