Example sentences of "[vb -s] [verb] a few [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over the years of flying at almost every conceivable airshow location in the UK , Lindsey has had a few unusual requests along the way : ‘ I can remember a certain airshow organiser , who was very active on the airshow scene then , but not now , coming up to me and saying ‘ Lindsey , how much do you want to bail out at the end of one of these dogfight routines that you do ? ’ , |
| 2 | The Platoon Sergeant loads the necessary extinguishers and fire-fighting equipment into the back of a vehicle and they speed off The accident has occurred a few hundred metres from the Turkish depot in which ammunition is stored for the Force . |
| 3 | Barnes , one of nature 's smiling gamblers , on and off the field , has encountered a few false dawns through the years . |
| 4 | The neck has been bound quite well , although the fret end-filing has left a few untidy marks along the way . |
| 5 | Therefore , all we must hope is that Tendulkar hears the right voices in the crowd when he has edged a few seaming balls at Headingley into the gloves of the ‘ keeper and when the tiny bundle of sweaters frozen in the outfield at Middlesbrough drops a catch . |
| 6 | This model does make a few untested predictions . |
| 7 | the only difference in the isotopes is one 's got a few extra neutrons . |
| 8 | Or isotopes of an element , they have the same chemical properties , they have the same outer structure and very much the same inner structure apart from one 's got a few extra neutrons . |
| 9 | Yeah I like that , I like the sound of that one , but it 's got a few big words in it |
| 10 | Yeah , he 's got a few big jobs . |
| 11 | Right , and that , that 's obviously a , an and if you look at it , it 's it 's got a few less squiggles than that one , but it 's a , it 's a version of . |