Example sentences of "[vb base] only [verb] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm , now what that means is , if you ca n't answer the question and you 've only got a few lines down then sort of trying t w blur it a little bit and make it waffly so that there 's something we can point to and say that you 've written something , right ? |
| 2 | If you only get a few ideas , you 've only got a few things to look at . |
| 3 | I 've only got a few books on differentiating . |
| 4 | You 've got to pay attention to what you 're doing because you 've only got a few laps . ’ |
| 5 | Volunteers need only provide a few hours of their time a week to be trained as a tutor . |
| 6 | I have only selected a few examples of deducing modes of life from these fossils with two valves ; the examples could be multiplied many times . |
| 7 | ‘ We have only observed a few patches this week , ’ Fakhro said , ‘ most of it is still in the war zone ’ . |
| 8 | Baby sea-lions have been born at Belfast before but have always been born dead or have only survived a few hours . |
| 9 | Well I have only got a few courts , |