Example sentences of "[to-vb] a few [noun pl] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the down fall in farming profits , it might be necessary to accept a few weeds in crops , or a low level of pest attack for economic reasons . |
| 2 | If that is the case that each of the political parties , as I assume is the case for er the Conservative party , I know it to be the case of the Labour party I assume the same is true for the Liberal Democrats and other parties represented in this house , that they undertake the very considerable organisational er er process of selecting candidates only to find a few weeks before June the ninth , that as a result of the difficulties that I 've described as far as the French government attitude towards these elections is concerned , that er in fact we have to revert to the existing arrangements and that we can not have these new er boundaries in place . |
| 3 | She went back to the dressing room immediately after the final curtain came down , to pour a few trays of drinks ready for those who would come back to congratulate as they would commiserate . |
| 4 | And you know if we were able to commit ourselves to two public , two meetings , three meetings of some sort in a year where we 're actually gon na do something and present some sort of front Par part of presenting some sort of front is to try to sell a few bits of pieces if we 're prepared to accept that we 're going to lose money . |
| 5 | My father thought the sentence unjust because he had only agreed to buy a few bottles of bootleg whisky . |
| 6 | For a convincing construction of a normal form it is not enough merely to list a few types of equivalence that can arise and show how to deal with them . |
| 7 | ‘ All that remained was to kill a few hours in town , so I went to visit an old friend . |
| 8 | ‘ He 's not the first striker to go a few games without scoring , ’ Alex Smith , the Aberdeen manager , said . |
| 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 | He put a couple of lamb chops under the grill , made a green salad and prepared to enjoy a few hours of solitude before the intrusion of Rickards and his preoccupations . |
| 11 | It is possible for the advanced stage to supervene a few months after infection , but it would normally take ten or fifteen years to develop . |
| 12 | I really would have to acquire a few pairs of stockings , and dispense with my poodle anklets . |
| 13 | The simplest decoration is to put a few drops of vegetable dye into the water when you boil and egg . |
| 14 | WHATEVER our image of a truant may be — layabout , glue-sniffer , petty criminal — a recent report from the Scottish Office urges us to dispel a few misunderstandings about truancy . |
| 15 | Trains had been laid on to despatch them to all parts of the country , so that for the rest of their lives they would be able to recall a few moments of honour , even glory . |
| 16 | yeah , well let me just read you two or three verses from Exodus , chapter forty , this is what it says then the cloud covered the tent of meeting and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle and Moses was not able to enter the tent of meeting because the cloud had settled on it and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle and throughout all their journeys whenever the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle the sons of Israel would set out , but if the cloud was not taken up then they did not set out until the day that it was taken up , for throughout all their journeys the cloud of the Lord was on the tabernacle by day and there was fire in it by night , in the sight of all the house in Israel and if you were to turn over to kings you 've got a , you 've got a similar thing there with the dedication of the temple and as Be Ben was saying the power really it 's the it 's the presence of God , the shine , the glory , that cloud of , and so what , what , what catches the Lord Jesus up is really the glory of God here he is , the , the riseness , the glorified Christ being called up into heaven in the , in the glory , what he 's been glorified , so he withdraws his physical , physical presence from one place here on earth to present there on the throne and yet by the holy spirit to be every where now Jesus then , he did n't cease to be truly man at either his resurrection or at his ascension , he stays man , God , the God man all the way through and it 's still true today he is the God man today and that 's important for you and me , think of the very worse experience that you have ever had in your life , think of the very worse experience that could happen to you , with the exception of you know that of , of say total failure of some awful sin , the worse thing , maybe a loss of someone dear to you , someone very close to you , er , er , a bereavement , the most awful experience you have had well he has gone through , he has known that experience , he has , has tempted in all points like as we are he knows our frame , he remembers were dust and he has been there and it is a man who has experienced those same experiences that you and I experience day by day , year after year , it is a man who has gone that , who has walked that path , who is in heaven interceding and praying for us , we 'll stop there cos time has gone erm we 'll stop there , we wo n't go on otherwise I 'll get into trouble During this past month some of the questions in the New Testament , the first one we looked at you remember was that question that Jesus asked of his disciples , do you believe that I am able to do this , then we looked at a question which the disciples asked of Jesus , why could we not cast it out last week we looked at another question , are only a few people going to be saved and this morning I 'd like us it 's the final one of these questions not that there are n't other questions in the New Testament and scores , scores of others but were just looking at four er throughout this month , I 'd like us to look this morning for one at , for a few minutes , at one that Jesus asked of a man who confronted him , I 'd like to read a few verses from Luke chapter eighteen , Luke chapter eighteen I 'm gon na read from verse thirty five , it 's the well known account of blind Bartimaeus , Luke chapter eighteen and verse thirty five and he came about that as Jesus was approaching Jericho a certain blind man was sitting by the road begging , now hearing a multitude going by he began to inquire |
| 17 | In spare time — between politics and classics there was little spare time — he began to read a few books of theology . |
| 18 | Though participants have said that they find these quizzes enjoyable , they have not been well supported by comparison with the more usual lectures and no further quiz is planned for the moment , though I shall try to keep a few questions in hand in case a speaker is delayed or fails to arrive for some reason . |
| 19 | The woman told me that they normally like you to book a few days in advance so that you have some time to think it over in case you wanted to change your mind . |
| 20 | These poltroons seems to think that it 's a big deal to hoist a few pints of Smithwicks after an afternoon spent with their heads stuck up some geezer 's back passes . |
| 21 | The ban may , however , give Mrs Marcos the perfect opportunity to shed a few tears in front of the television cameras . |
| 22 | So she 'd be able to have a few moments of peace and quiet in which to interview the woman . |
| 23 | She 'd hopped into the living-room a few minutes after Sergeant Joe had gone out to have a few words with Archie Cousins . |
| 24 | It has been estimated that these various small-scale erosional processes require tens of Ma to overturn a few millimetres of dust . |
| 25 | They did not share the critics ' dismay that bumptious Mr Spielberg should have borrowed that nice Mr Barrie 's little boy , allowed him to grow up as an awful Dad , and then sent him back to learn a few lessons in Captain Hook 's theme-park paradise . |
| 26 | ‘ On the Thursday you return to Streatley , to maintain the myth of your father 's continuing business interests ; and perhaps to check a few details with Dr Lefeuvre . |
| 27 | I am glad of the opportunity to offer a few words of introduction to this , our latest prospectus . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | If you are lucky enough to get a few rays of sunshine , you are still faced with the possibility of playing on frosty fairways in sub-freezing temperatures and having to pack your clubs away by 4pm when visibility declines . |
| 30 | Anne managed to get a few days off work during his ten-day leave , and as he had few relatives to visit , they were able to spend blissful hours alone . |