Example sentences of "[to-vb] [art] few [noun pl] and [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dustin , who had arrived with Anne , three-month-old Jennifer , and a nanny , played the piano or sang dirty songs to a guitar accompaniment in the hotel lounge in the evenings and , on one occasion , went into the kitchen to gather a few pots and pans to use as bongo drums in order to entertain his colleagues . |
| 2 | Lucy crawled out of bed around lunchtime , found her way up to the shower while Josie could be heard moving around in the kitchen , and could n't resist leaving aside her own hard soap and supermarket shampoo in order to freeload a few squirts and squeezes of the gels , mousses and lotions that stood on the tiled windowsill . |
| 3 | He sat in the dining-room , able to enjoy a few biscuits and fruit rather than the ‘ gargantuan midday meal which was hitherto compulsory ’ . |
| 4 | The couple 's interest in gardening began with the desire to grow fuchsias to fill a few pots and baskets . |
| 5 | Your family would n't hold you back , and you have a professional qualification that 's highly in demand wherever you go , if you wanted to stay a few years and work . |
| 6 | She slid open a fitted wardrobe to their left to reveal a few suits and pairs of trousers hanging from a rail . |