Example sentences of "you [verb] [vb pp] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maybe if you 'd spared a few minutes , you could 've become part of Gillian Wearing 's extensive collection of personalised banners . |
| 2 | Look for fish rising , try trotting down different lines ( but keep loose feeding your same one ) , do n't make any drastic changes until you 've made a few bites . |
| 3 | Is that what you 're talking about now when you 're saying about the about erm you did n't know what to About being frightened you 've said a few times . |
| 4 | Now , you 've run a few errands for me since then , without enquiring too closely about their nature . |
| 5 | It might be more acceptable when you 're older , when you 've had a few kids , to be fatter . |
| 6 | You 've had a few callers . |
| 7 | But it can be a bit dangerous if you 've had a few drinks , because you keep pumping the thing up and forgetting about it . ’ |
| 8 | Yes , I think we 'll have to have have a good look , yes it 's alright when you 've got a few things to get , but when when you 've got the whole list . |
| 9 | ‘ If you 've got a few minutes to spare I would like to see these fields that have caused so much bother . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ You 've got a few scratches — but I doubt that there are any splinters , ’ he remarked . |
| 11 | Oh you , now you 've got a few letters in there L that 's an |
| 12 | With the diving you 've got a few decisions to make — some things to avoid , some personal choice — and it 's worth getting it right . |
| 13 | If you 've got a few days to spare , head inland to the 400 million year old Presley Hills . |
| 14 | But you 've got a few months left , enough time for a very shrewd operator to move in . |
| 15 | He said , ‘ You 've got a few manners , I see . |
| 16 | You know cos at least you 've got a few fields for the kids to play on and you 've got a decent park , you 've got a nice pub just down the road and then you 've got the big sports hall . |
| 17 | Once you had served a few years , you might come to detest the job , but you committed yourself to the future . |
| 18 | Once you have completed a few rows of plain knitting , you can prepare to start . |
| 19 | When you have done a few problems , as above , it should not now be necessary to divide the large boxes into small ones to find the volume . |
| 20 | Now you have had a few crackles but they 've been fairly easily sorted out . |
| 21 | Advertising is such a complicated business that you may be able to assimilate it better if you have spent a few years " knocking-around " — travelling perhaps , or working in a shop or doing different kinds of jobs . |
| 22 | Some of you listen some of you have got a few minutes erm some of you have got a few minutes obviously erm only I 'm not going to start anything . |
| 23 | Some of you listen some of you have got a few minutes erm some of you have got a few minutes obviously erm only I 'm not going to start anything . |
| 24 | The fact that you have enjoyed a few jars together will not cloud a journalist 's judgement . |