Example sentences of "[to-vb] [coord] [verb] [art] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Popular newspapers were able to find or invent a few examples of ‘ frivolous ’ applications for dentures or spectacles . |
| 2 | Erm I 'm just trying to think we really want to try and fit a few lessons into the holiday if you can it 's up to you fit in . |
| 3 | They are encouraged to try and take a few steps back and be a little more objective with themselves . |
| 4 | To escape , the heat has to travel up through quite large thicknesses of continental crust , and a large proportion does not get very far ; instead , it comes to rest and solidifies a few kilometres below the surface , forming enormous masses of igneous rock which have been forced or intruded into the crust and are known as batholiths ( Greek origin , meaning something like deep stones ) . |
| 5 | The reason he slipped out was to phone and make a few arrangements for them . |
| 6 | Even asset-strippers had to relax and pursue a few hobbies from time to time … |
| 7 | I quite like the way the programme tends to finish but leaves a few questions unanswered . |
| 8 | There they have been exploiting the advantages of low pollution , the ability to stop and restart every few hours — sorry , every few yards — and electric cars may be introduced as much for their ability to produce low pollution , low noise , and as petrol becomes more expensive and electric cars become more widespread and better engineered and more efficient and cheaper , and more socially acceptable , then I think we will see electric cars . |