Example sentences of "do a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | He eyes me , thinking that , although I might have done a few things in the Arctic , I am still a tiny lad without any fat ; he decides that it will be just a few minutes . |
| 2 | Amelia had left off quoting from the wit and wisdom of her favourite mass murderers , done a few lines of cocaine , and started to whizz around the room . |
| 3 | ‘ I was shooting a lot of travel features at the time and had done a few aerials just to try something new . |
| 4 | Being in the charts is one of those things you always dream of but now I 've done a few of those things already . |
| 5 | I think he 'd done a few Compact 's up to then , but he was marvellous . |
| 6 | When you have done a few problems , as above , it should not now be necessary to divide the large boxes into small ones to find the volume . |
| 7 | Although I had now done a few television interviews , I was still a relative novice and there was so much that I wanted to get across to all the people watching . |
| 8 | Looking back , they would have done a few things quite differently , but they certainly did not conform to the view taken by some authorities that they encountered , that they are children who have ruined their lives and wasted their education . |
| 9 | This new method of composition can be seen clearly by comparing an etching of a figure done as an illustration for Max Jacob 's Saint Matorell and securely datable to Cadaquès , with a drawing done a few months earlier . |
| 10 | Yeah , the tension is slipping a bit and I 've done a few foolish things , but that 's not because we 're near the end of the wait . |
| 11 | Having only done a few short walks before in true Water & Ventilation style he decided to ‘ test the water ’ first by walking the Ridgeway in Wiltshire , 85 miles and five days later he completed it . |
| 12 | I think she even done a few films . ’ |
| 13 | Now you say well why do a U-turn I see no reason why because they done a few U-turns on the child benefit they done a U-turn , they picked it up and then blocked it . |
| 14 | and then only had it four years , but I used to it was , it 's such a waste that washing machine , I think maybe I 've done a few shirts hand washing and all the water , whereas in the twin tub I 'd of done the light weights , heated the water up done the shirts and , erm , got the put in , maybe towels and then I 'd put , re-heat the water if , if it was n't really soiled and I could do either all the dogs stuff or , or my dusters |
| 15 | Bob , Bob , for a bit and he done a few miles on it and then he sold it to somebody else in the garage . |
| 16 | done a few panels |
| 17 | Any of my old school friends in Wallingford that know me er well they 'll just never believe that I can run 26 miles because I do n't know if when you were at school , but when er when we used to have a cross-country run I was the one at the back and usually the P E instructor used to go round and whack us with a slipper , you know the slow ones and I was unfortunately one of those , but er now I 've been running with the Bicester Road Runners for what 2 years , er half , I 've done a few half marathons , nothing anywhere near 26 miles , I 've , my furthest run until yesterday was 16 miles , and yesterday , injured , with a bandage round my knee , I managed 18 miles , and I 'm pleased to say it 's still holding out and I 'm quietly confident that I 'm going to complete this , and like I say , if I can er well , just get the local businesses in Bicester interested and to support me , I say however small , just a , you know , if they , a penny a mile from just a few of the businesses in Bicester and , well , the Bible school could have , you know , a few pounds coming to them , which I 'm sure they 'd be , you know , greatly received . |
| 18 | Well the farmers for the last couple of years have been arguing that they want this green rate devalued er to try and bring it line more with the market rate er and what this would do would er increase our guaranteed prices in this country and in fact on Friday this happened er the green rate was devalued by 60%. er and so I 've done a few calculations er and for the farmers that are listening and er may understand this er if he was selling his grain in November 89 he would be getting about £99 a ton , whilst if he sells it in November this year he 'll be getting £110 a ton . |
| 19 | Soon she realised that he was singing her praises to his friends , because other similar garden owners rang her up and asked her if she could do a few hours for them too . |
| 20 | In 1981 Seve asked me if I 'd do a few tournaments with him when he came to the States . |
| 21 | John wrote at length to Hanns about colour , shapes and general effect desirable , and asked him to ‘ do a few rough sketches and send them to me to give to Cecily ; number them so that I can just send you back a telegram saying ‘ Do number three ’ say , unless there is more to be said . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I think she 's got the attribute that every good cook should have — if you can do a few things really well , stay with those rather than attempt the impossible . ’ |
| 23 | If they take their work home with them , maybe they 'll do a few hours ' work off the mains . |
| 24 | He came out of the bedclothes and said , ‘ While I 'm laid up like this , why do n't you do a few concerts on your own ? ’ |
| 25 | Joyce , did Joyce do a few ? |
| 26 | ‘ I 'll just do a few sketches , ’ she muttered . |
| 27 | They may do a few they 're not going to cut there , they will cut . |
| 28 | All right now that we can do numbers up to thirty one , let's see if we can do a few more dates . |
| 29 | Yes , well if I can do a few two ounces worth I put them all together and then Adam can give her a little bit . |
| 30 | oh , well I erm , I did do a few but I 've used most of mine up I think , I can look in the freezer to see if there 's any there , but I do n't think there is |