Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Okay erm let's perhaps make a few comments then about the Vienna settlement itself . |
| 2 | I think it should only take a few minutes to have you begging me to make love to you … ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Should only take a few days . |
| 4 | I 'm just waiting for my international clearance now , which should only take a few days , and then I 'll be aiming to challenge for a first team place . ’ |
| 5 | We must also encourage a few enthusiasts to specialise further , taking responsibility for coordinating teaching in their departments . |
| 6 | So there 's no reason at all why you should n't have a few hours off . |
| 7 | But that time must yet remain a few days ahead , while everywhere lay in the throes of a natural disaster — the nature of which had yet to be determined — and while the snow still fell as thickly as it did . |
| 8 | What I want you to do between now and the end of the lesson , ah , wait for it , in your rough books , ah I want you to start writing down ideas of the things that are important to you , but before we do that , let's just have a few starters on the board , let's have some hands up . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'll just fetch a few things we might need . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I 'll just do a few sketches , ’ she muttered . |
| 11 | " And while you 're there , " said Bigwig , scowling round at the others from under the great sheaf of fur on his head , " I 'll just have a few words with these three . |
| 12 | He 's he 's not come yet so erm Perhaps while while we 're waiting for the others I 'll just say a few words about the building , because erm from out here you can see er quite clearly that the central portion of the building is the oldest erm from if you look at the state of the stonework . |
| 13 | And when Mrs Amabel Dallam remembered to pay her for all those wedding chemises she might just take a few shillings to a certain bazaar in Leeds where she 'd heard good dress-lengths were to be had at bargain prices and make herself a new dress for Christmas . |
| 14 | Already he was worried about their stores lasting until the Saturday when he might reasonably claim a few shillings to tide him over ; Emily 's mother had given them a box of stuff , sausages , bread , some tea , butter , bacon — but it would have to be spun out . |
| 15 | The Royal children might even pass a few exams which is more than their expensively educated Mummies and Daddies managed . |
| 16 | Er , I 'll certainly pull a few changes and |
| 17 | Er but radical certainly as compared to how things operated before , when you went into the fitting shop , you know , you could , you could only walk a few feet |
| 18 | However , we agreed that self-help schemes could only bring a few jobs and that a central demand should still be that the state provide jobs . |
| 19 | they could only snatch a few minutes together from time to time , usually when Daddy came over to Low Fields to look after the cattle , or during the haytiming . |
| 20 | ( And yet I remember one morning — when confronted by a preliminary plate of very sour , very cold slices of orange I could not stop a few tears trickling miserably down my cheeks — a gruff voice coming from the other end of the table . |
| 21 | When she tried to explain that she would now have to live on five shillings a week , she could not restrain a few tears . |
| 22 | Thank you Next item , Right agenda item three , notes of the Joint Consultative Committee held on the twenty-first of October , nineteen ninety-three , paper B. If I could just say a few words . |
| 23 | Ian , you were one , , and Tracy , if you could just say a few words . |
| 24 | I think erm what , what we , what I 'd really like to do is if I could get in touch with him and give him the chance to make up his own mind er then he could decide whether or not he would like to have a chat with me and I 'd just run a few ideas by him , just as you 've done , without any pressure er and he can make his own decisions . |
| 25 | She 'd just box a few ears , knock a few heads together like she did with the Rattries , and chase them off . |
| 26 | ‘ You could always get a few coppers for them . ’ |
| 27 | The law could n't do much to her , and she 'd probably get a few columns . |
| 28 | Her head was beginning to throb from the smoky , claustrophobic atmosphere , and she wondered how she could tactfully drop a few hints about leaving without inviting a tirade of displeasure from André , which was the last thing she felt she could cope with . |
| 29 | In fact , it 's not just tortoises we want , we 'd also love a few hares , a few gorillas and lots of colourful clowns . |
| 30 | In fact , it 's not just tortoises we want , we 'd also love a few hares , a few gorillas and lots of colourful clowns . |