Example sentences of "[vb infin] [vb pp] a few [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jack 's ‘ going with someone ’ , as Karen Black put it , was still Mimi , a relationship which had survived all predictions ; and , though it may have stopped a few magic moments between him and Black , it did not prevent an entanglement with another of his co-stars , Susan Anspach . |
| 2 | He forbore to add that Poll might have earned a few more blows as the result of Sally-Anne 's intervention , to prevent her from involving anyone else in future . |
| 3 | But if you looked carefully at the left-hand side , where there was a glass-enclosed porch , you might have noticed a few little birds flying around , the odd flash and flitter of coloured wings . |
| 4 | Bolton 's could have had a few more goals … thankfully Reece and his defence managed to stop the rot … |
| 5 | Bolton 's could have had a few more goals … thankfully Reece and his defence managed to stop the rot … |
| 6 | Still , they might have had a few more years left in them yet , and so in that respect , it was rather courageous of them to accept Nicholson 's script and Rafelson 's apparent decision that all good things must come to an end . |
| 7 | The conductor William Llewellyn may well have had a few sleepless nights but must have been proud of his singers . |
| 8 | Tampopo might have sold a few more bowls of noodles and Babette 's Feast caused little hiccups of interest in historic cooking , but The Cook , The Thief , His Wife And Her Lover plays around with the relationship between food , sex and death in a way that is bound to cause offence . |
| 9 | I may have asked a few more questions ; I ca n't remember now . |
| 10 | I might have tried a few quick manoeuvres to lose those shadows . |
| 11 | ‘ But if Mellor had not disputed our bill we could have survived a few more months in the hope that we would sell several houses on our books . ’ |