Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] [verb] a [adj] [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 | For the rest of the day he-would go into Inverness , take his spare clothes into a launderette and then perhaps try to find a public baths with hot showers . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I just want to make a few pennies by selling some horseflesh . |
| 8 | Just remember to take a few tins of things . |
| 9 | I generally ask to have a few kicks before a big game , ’ Fox said . |
| 10 | 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 . ’ |
| 11 | 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 . ’ |
| 12 | I just have to read a few tabloids these days to get me going . |
| 13 | and then I would say well you know I just need to make a few notes |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Most parents though tend to avoid a secret pirates cave where only members of the Pirates Club are allowed . |
| 16 | And there were a few things that you mentioned as you were going through that a you know I just really want to make a few comments on really . |