Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] [vb base] a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I merely set a few wheels in motion . ’ |
| 2 | I only live a few doors down the road from Derek and normally it would have taken me just a minute or two , but on this occasion it seemed to take ages . |
| 3 | I only add a few words of my own out of deference to the contrary view expressed by my noble and learned friend , Lord Lowry , and to consider the cases on thefts from companies to which we were referred in the course of argument . |
| 4 | I just put a few things in the wrong place because I did n't read , you know , put them in too soon . |
| 5 | I still have a few copies and am sending this one for you to see . |
| 6 | I hardly know a dozen words . ’ |
| 7 | If you only get a few ideas , you 've only got a few things to look at . |
| 8 | Usually , if the speed is low , you only have a few seconds either to lower the nose or to reduce the amount of airbrake to avoid a bad landing . |
| 9 | If you already operate a conventional publications production system then you will have little problem in converting those existing skills onto the new technology . |
| 10 | Erm if they have n't then you just get a few ideas , got a graphics pack and you say well is this the sort of thing you want , well this is what the er the builder did last time . |
| 11 | So you , well then you 'll still not know what you 're going out with because you still have a few days from last week to get . |
| 12 | Deciding that discretion was the better part of valour , Davidson began : ‘ Aidan , you probably like a few pints ? ’ |
| 13 | By now , you probably have a few ideas of sights and scenes to visit . |
| 14 | This method involves a little bit of a cheat as the Macintosh keyboard can not access the PostScript fractions unless you either have a special fractions font or are using one of the new Adobe Expert fonts with an extended and re-mapped character set . |
| 15 | No , no , no , we only need a hundred sheets an hour |
| 16 | But what America does one day , we usually do a few days , weeks or months later . |
| 17 | ‘ We always get a few walk-outs with that scene , ’ Tarantino grins . |
| 18 | We also need a specific Banks Charter to bring these modern Scrooges into line . |
| 19 | We simply ask a few questions about your income and the level of deposit you have available and then issue you with a certificate which : — tells you how much we are able to lend you . |
| 20 | ‘ I 've seen those sods before , they always keep a few Fokkers lurking at about five thousand . |
| 21 | Slazenger and sport go back a long way but did you know that they also have a great sports toiletries range ? |
| 22 | They now face a legal costs bill unofficially estimated at about £6,000 . |