Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [to-vb] [art] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is such a diverse field and so open to personal preference that I only intend to say a few words about it . |
| 2 | ‘ I only intend to stay a few minutes . |
| 3 | If you only want to take a few doors or windows back to bare wood for repainting , there are many other cheaper guns that would do the job . |
| 4 | If you only want to raise a few seedlings in spring , and provide a humid atmosphere for some cuttings later , an unheated propagator will be adequate . |
| 5 | And the fact that having a baby and adjusting to motherhood are only permitted to cause a few days ' disruption must be a bad thing — when what mothers really need is adequate time to rest ( between feeds ) , plenty of boosts to their ego , lots of love and confidence building . |
| 6 | His voice only seemed to travel a few feet , then it stopped dead . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm only going to trade a few horses , woman , nothing else . ’ |
| 8 | My father thought the sentence unjust because he had only agreed to buy a few bottles of bootleg whisky . |
| 9 | I only need to carry a few tubes of paint and some water in an old squash bottle , all packed into my fisherman 's box which doubles for a seat , and my paper masking-taped down to my board . |
| 10 | I only wanted to get a few comments about Froggy . |
| 11 | On a patch where the rough surface of brickwork was exposed , someone had vomited , probably a passing drunk whose sense of propriety , demanding privacy , had deterred him from being sick in the street ; or a returning resident who could not wait to climb the few steps to the communal toilet on the first half-landing . |
| 12 | I just want to make a few pennies by selling some horseflesh . |
| 13 | Housewives simply do not expect to work the same hours in the home as they would in an office or factory . |
| 14 | just wanting to check a few angles . |
| 15 | It would probably to appropriate for me to er second the motion in Welsh er , but as you 're and neither the English Welsh I would just like to say a few things , one , to express the appreciation of my council for the and secondly , |
| 16 | I 'd just like to say a few words on the conferences that I attended . |
| 17 | I 'd just like to say a few words on the conferences that I attended . |
| 18 | So with the big firms , when you 're doing a full house and you you are n't just going to have a few bits like you would for a light removal , off you go and you estimate . |
| 19 | Just remember to take a few tins of things . |
| 20 | I generally ask to have a few kicks before a big game , ’ Fox said . |
| 21 | Are we not allowed to use the same things twice ? |
| 22 | When you visit the ancient university town of Cambridge and enjoy the historic college buildings along the River Cam , you should not fail to travel a few miles south to Audley End House in neighbouring Essex . |
| 23 | There has been so much interest in the industrial side , while you just have to go a few miles out of Middlesbrough to get to the coast or the middle of the moors . ’ |
| 24 | There has been so much interest in the industrial side while you just have to go a few miles out of Middlesbrough to get to the coast or the middle of the moors . ’ |
| 25 | I just have to read a few tabloids these days to get me going . |
| 26 | and then I would say well you know I just need to make a few notes |
| 27 | You 'll still have to do a few miles ? |
| 28 | Unfortunately , many people seem to take it as a personal insult ( on behalf of their garden ) if one says that there are n't really any plants or flowers worth pressing , so to prevent any hurt feelings I usually try to pick a few items that are possible candidates for pressing , which seems to go down much better than completely refusing someone 's kind offer . |
| 29 | The Beaverton , Oregon-based Sequent is also expected to have a few tricks up its sleeve for this week 's roll-out . |
| 30 | One consequence of all this was that when a Commons Defence Committee later met to disentangle the many grievances , John Nott — the defence secretary who ‘ misled ’ the Commons about the circumstances of the sinking of the General Belgrano — explained : ‘ In a few years ’ time , with satellites , the task of censorship will become an impossible one . ’ |