Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] a [det] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But before leaving this matter of persistence I want to mention a few special cases of persistence on a finer scale . |
| 2 | I just want to spread a few good words and hopefully raise a few pounds for the three groups that I am involved with , ’ says Rosemary . |
| 3 | The result is likely to be closer relationships between customers and suppliers , which could be good news : Japanese companies such as Honda Motor tend to choose a few preferred suppliers and stick with them , rather than playing the field , and this policy seems to have paid off handsomely . |
| 4 | Tim said loudly , to quell her , ‘ We run six'n a half thousand lines in Pricewell 's . |
| 5 | That is over a million pounds right in that budget for committee administration and you ask me where we can save fifty thousand pounds , well start producing a few less reports . |
| 6 | You get much above about fifty people you perhaps do need a some technical assistance with the power . |
| 7 | Within these doctrinaire limits the Chansonettes mesurees a l'antique ( 1586 ) of Mauduit , the posthumously published Le Printemps ( 1603 ) of Le Jeune , and the Meslanges ( 1610 ) of Du Caurroy do contain a few delightful things . |
| 8 | now if I was to go there and back that 's eighty pence , I mean I could get , for , for that e extra eighty pence I could get a few things in there that are dearer but I mean I like going down the town anyway and just wander and go back but I do get a few more bits in there now than I did . |
| 9 | They 're not bad really , they , no but I mean you do get a few damp ones now and again do n't you ? |
| 10 | Yeah , the tension is slipping a bit and I 've done a few foolish things , but that 's not because we 're near the end of the wait . |
| 11 | ‘ You 've collected a few broken bones and they 're newly set . |
| 12 | We 've seen a few encouraging signs in the past month or two — Bellamy addressing the Confederation of British Industry , for instance , and Michael Heseltine , Secretary of State for the Environment , daring to finance an energy -efficiency campaign . |
| 13 | But it 's a really good place to go to if you 've got a any spare time and I 'm sure spare time , it 's well worth going there , erm you can hire bikes . |
| 14 | They 've got a few respectable names , of course . |
| 15 | I 've got a few little beauties I 'm going to flog to the idiots this morning . |
| 16 | And I mean I , I find some clients are really lucky , you know they 've got a few fiddly bits of issues and they keep getting fifty pounds here and fifty pounds there , |
| 17 | It 's Tuesday , so no , no doubt you 've got a few local games on the cards ? |
| 18 | PLUCKY Chesterfield sent a tremor through crisis club Liverpool last night by warning them : ‘ We 've got a few more tricks up our sleeve . ’ |
| 19 | Stereolab always look tonight as if they 've got a few more tricks up their sleeve than anyone else around at the moment , and in an age where recycling the past to create a spurious version of the future is the order of the day , they may well prove to be a benchmark of quality for their times . |
| 20 | We 've got a few more names and facts to throw at him . ’ |
| 21 | And then somebody comes along and says , Oh we 've got a some big order on , we 're got to feed them six thousand flies , in five hours . |
| 22 | We 've had a few lazy laughs in the past , and I knew he carried clout , but I did n't give him the respect he deserved . |
| 23 | ‘ I 've had a few guilty twinges about ticking you off about those steps . |
| 24 | ‘ I 've had a few hasty assignations in lay-bys to pass over pots of prepared food that no one must know were n't prepared by the hostess , ’ says Mrs Anderson . |
| 25 | We 've had a few technical difficulties with the computer , or rather our printer has had trouble with it . |
| 26 | She said I must mention I 've had a few more deliveries from Ercol So we walked into the living room . |
| 27 | ‘ I 've had a few more ideas … well , I 've thought about … areas I did n't think I could use that I now think I can , and I want to develop that stuff , and — ’ |
| 28 | But I 'm spun of stronger metal than that : when you 've spent a few thousand years wrestling with magicians determined to enslave you and entire religions devoted to your destruction , you develop ways of bouncing back . |
| 29 | This month , with time at a premium , we 've taken a few short cuts to preparing delicious Christmas fare : we bought a cooked gammon to transform into a glorious centrepiece with a crunchy nut , honeyed glaze . |
| 30 | We 've learned a few hard lessons in this market . |