Example sentences of "[verb] a few things " in BNC.
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| 1 | He and his wife Shirley — who have a married daughter — will also buy a few things for the house with their summer windfall . |
| 2 | In certain entries th tha which I 'll come to shortly , do use extra memory , er , just say a few things about er , the one , three of these , three of the Windows products , which er , one of you is using , erm , it uses memory slightly differently , er , if I put an entry in row one , and a ro and an entry on row five one two , then yes , it er uses memory for that whole range there . |
| 3 | She must have forgotten a few things in the holidays , like the time I pushed her in the school goldfish pond . |
| 4 | ‘ And anyway , ’ whispered another voice , and one that was rather more matter-of-fact because it was her own , ‘ there 's a young eagle out there called Creggan who needs to know a few things if he 's going to survive and be free . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Besides , it pays to know a few things about a bloke you 're going to be sharing with , especially when that bloke 's topped three other geezers . ’ |
| 6 | Providing it does not clog filter intakes , it has a few things going for it : it can act as a curb on nitrate and phosphate levels , provide shelter for any overlooked fry and even supplement the fish 's diet in holiday periods . |
| 7 | While Vadinamia will never be a rival to any of the known holiday-resort worlds , it has a few things to offer by way of amusement . |
| 8 | So I would agree with what Tom said on the sort of , things , yeah , you know , knock that together , we 've got that on one piece of paper already that 's about two years out of date , well , was up to date two years ago , which I could probably dig out for you , and then erm we 've got , we can even do it from a European sort of view point , which just has a few things there that need taking up . |
| 9 | So Melanie would unpack a few things and go to bed early , herself . |
| 10 | " I think I learnt a few things , " laughs Eva though at the time it must have been extremely painful for the girl who had " excelled at everything " . |
| 11 | He eyes me , thinking that , although I might have done a few things in the Arctic , I am still a tiny lad without any fat ; he decides that it will be just a few minutes . |
| 12 | Looking back , they would have done a few things quite differently , but they certainly did not conform to the view taken by some authorities that they encountered , that they are children who have ruined their lives and wasted their education . |
| 13 | Many different types on the market , but when you actually start to look into them , erm , they reveal a few things , you can see by this one it 's a fairly old one , but it is for for demo purposes only , this is one by Polycell , it 's battery operated in a plastic cases and it 's handy because it 's got a torch but when you actually put the alarm on it goes my gadget 's not working really . |
| 14 | I just put a few things in the wrong place because I did n't read , you know , put them in too soon . |
| 15 | ‘ I think she 's got the attribute that every good cook should have — if you can do a few things really well , stay with those rather than attempt the impossible . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I 'll just fetch a few things we might need . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ A couple of interviews this morning , and I met Penny Seu Chen this afternoon and she showed me round our building , studios and offices , and we rearranged a few things in mine . |
| 18 | If we 'd known we would of said a few things |
| 19 | Right , okay , my boudoir , I 've just seen a few things together . |
| 20 | Erm what I need to do now is just so I 'm gon na have to cross a few things out . |
| 21 | I have enclosed a few things I would like you to look at when you have a moment . |
| 22 | threw a few things in an old army surplus |
| 23 | You 'll have to excuse me now , I 've still got a few things to see to before my audience arrives . |
| 24 | No I do n't think she 's ready quite yet , she 's got a few things to sort out first and that 's definitely not right , she wants to raise the daggerboard not lower it , bit of confusion there about which way to turn the tiller but she 's round safely , she should be looking where she 's going now instead of sorting out all the string . |
| 25 | If you only get a few ideas , you 've only got a few things to look at . |
| 26 | Yeah ya but as I think , as I say she 's got a few things to do today , sh near the oven Ann . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Sometimes we would go to the hills and find wild fruits and we began to grow a few things , like cucumbers and tomatoes , but it was generally hard going . |
| 29 | My fault , I know — I 've had a few things on my mind . |
| 30 | Absolutely , just to make more points , they made a few things up , ex , absolutely . |