Example sentences of "[noun sg] [coord] [adv] [verb] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | So cold and unfeeling ; Eileen could n't have imagined anyone behaving in her own son 's home as if she were a stranger , making small talk and occasionally bestowing a few words on her daughter-in-law . |
| 2 | The the problem that we did have , I mean my normal lecturing style until here in fact , was that I would just waffle y'know and generally do a few bits on the board and then carry on for an hour or two but the sh people were n't getting the notes down , that was the problem with that . |
| 3 | They consist of ridges of shingle and sand projecting above high water level and generally lying a few kilometres offshore . |
| 4 | MENTION big-time tennis venues round here and folk let you prattle on about Wimbledon , Roland Garros , Flushing Meadow and Flinders Park and then press a few claims of their own . |
| 5 | it is worth writing an index and even typing a few pithy words of your own to remind you , and others , of why you did what you did , when you did it ! |
| 6 | He 'd play a couple of quiet rounds and then when it got hectic and everyone else wanted to be playing , he 'd stay away from the course and just hit a few balls in practice . |
| 7 | well you know if , I mean if you 're keen to keep on the course but just having a few difficulties |
| 8 | Had he been in Whitechapel , Charlie would have been happy to run up and down the market from five in the morning to seven at night and still box a few rounds at the club , drink a couple of pints of beer and carry out the same routine the next day without a second thought , but when at nine o'clock the sergeant-major gave them a ten-minute break for cocoa he collapsed on to the verge exhausted . |
| 9 | I noticed that Aunt Louise could thread her needle without too much trouble and even write a few letters , but I had heard that sight is often impaired by poor health , and prided myself that this improvement might be due to good food and peace of mind . |
| 10 | Daniel seemed to enjoy his baked potato with mushroom sauce and also managed a few chips , eaten in his usual style — squashed up between his fingers . |
| 11 | Accounts of the boring behaviour ( e.g. Fretter and Graham , 1962 , p. 245 ; Fretter and Graham , 1985 ; Carriker , 1969 , for Urosalpinx ) describe how the animal alternately places the ABO in the hole and then makes a few rasps with the radula . |
| 12 | Occasionally they would get a little wary and move out of the swim but only to return a few minutes later to the area that they had apparently cleared for spawning . |
| 13 | These otherwise humble humans are almost totally deaf ( well , they can hear after a fashion and even utter a few ponderously slow , deep drawling growls , but they only use these sounds for rudimentary purposes like communicating with each other ; they do n't seem capable of using them to detect even the most massive objects ) . |
| 14 | PS Please , please print my letter and please put a few more Jennifer Capriati pictures in your magazine . |
| 15 | The path was narrow and climbed steeply between thickets of gorse which were in flower ; nothing to be compared with the dramatic spring show but enough to provide a few patches of welcome colour against the sombre background of the moor in November . |
| 16 | Of course , it 's Bonfire Night , so if you 're off to a display or just having a few sparklers at home , have a great evening . |
| 17 | Alternatively , mix some Polycel ( or wallpaper adhesive ) with water to make a sloppy jelly and then mix a few drops of this with the drops from the culture . |