Example sentences of "[to-vb] a few [adj] [noun pl] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And if Dorothea is too good to accept a few semi-precious brooches and earrings , if you are too sensitive to wear them , very well , I will have them and I will wear them . |
| 2 | Dr Rodwell recently commissioned a conservator to consolidate a few loose pieces but no major work is anticipated . |
| 3 | Smash Hits will want to know about your make-up or your boxer shorts , Melody Maker leans towards aesthetics and primal therapy and the local Argus might just want to know a few biographical details and where your next gig is . |
| 4 | The result is likely to be closer relationships between customers and suppliers , which could be good news : Japanese companies such as Honda Motor tend to choose a few preferred suppliers and stick with them , rather than playing the field , and this policy seems to have paid off handsomely . |
| 5 | To decorate A few fresh raspberries and redcurrants , fresh fruit leaves , Sweetex Granulated to sprinkle |
| 6 | It would not be appropriate here to attempt the impossible task of summarizing modern sensory physiology but it is necessary to discuss a few basic principles and laws . |
| 7 | There were those among the remaining husbands of the five daughters of Ealdred who would like nothing better than to see Siward perish in an effort to plant a few Anglian soldiers and a bishop in some crumbling old forts in the Lothians . |
| 8 | ( If you do n't have either of these , find someone who has and ask them to record a few straightforward patterns or beats at around 80–100 beats per minute on a cassette — it will work just as well . ) |
| 9 | And I 'm intending to , to hold a few more assemblies as well to sort of get interest going again because it 's been a while since we did an assembly on it , so if we do another one , that usually gets it going again does n't it ? |
| 10 | I just want to spread a few good words and hopefully raise a few pounds for the three groups that I am involved with , ’ says Rosemary . |
| 11 | The Home Secretary said , ’ Go , ’ the chairman of the Conservative party said , ’ No , ’ and , in a bold act of leadership , the Prime Minister got the Secretary of State for Energy to call a few favourite newspapers and leak the news that there would be no November election — government by seepage . |
| 12 | If you want to be strong-willed you have to learn a few basic things that people with good self-control and will-power have managed to pick up . |
| 13 | Indeed , behind the fears and accusations which surrounded the villainous working-class ‘ scorcher ’ , his emancipated female accomplice , and the unruly cyclist juror we can perhaps sense the vaguely incoherent feeling that the democratic bicycle — which was now only upsetting the respectable pleasures of a quiet Bank Holiday weekend in the countryside — was representative of a force that might be calculated to upset a few other things as well . |
| 14 | We may have to make a few small changes but generally speaking we can get in pretty cleanly |