Example sentences of "[verb] they [art] few " in BNC.
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1 | Lowell had heard them a few times before on the Sundays when life was normal and they were just background music at the commencement of an ordinary day . |
2 | Our parents live some distance away , she only gets to see them every few weeks , but I 'm close to hand , I 'm here to listen . |
3 | He asked them a few times . |
4 | But he agreed the police could have given them a few day 's notice of the situation . |
5 | They found them a few days later , taking refuge in a small village of thatched mud-walled cabins at the foot of the Partry mountains . |
6 | It gusted through the council estate they were now in , picking up sweet papers and whisking them a few yards down the street . |
7 | Could he give them a few facts about himself for the company 's press release ? |
8 | With several newly qualified teachers and many more awaiting initiation , they literally ‘ Swung ’ all over the place — adult institutes , local church halls , fetes , in fact in or on anything that would give them a few square feet of space ; one Essex teacher even did a two year S-T-R-E-T-C-H in H.M Prison , Holloway and got time off for good behaviour ( a class of course ! ) . |
9 | Use cotton dust-covers — white — and wash them every few months . |
10 | I must admit , we joined them a few moments later for a well-earned cuppa after our day 's exertions . |
11 | If you live in the Wallingford area and have a railway interest perhaps you might like to join this enthusiastic group and give them a few hours of your time . |
12 | BY THE time they got to Woodstock they might have been half a million strong , but give them a few days in the mud and they 'd soon wandered off into an acid daze looking for luxuries like a toilet , somewhere to sleep and a decent tofu burger . |
13 | That would take the smile off their faces all right and give them a few seconds relief . |
14 | When teachers give them a few simple objects ( cardboard boxes , old clothes , bits of material , and the like ) which could be the basis for playful construction , the children do n't know what to do . |
15 | In a recent case , the police posed as ordinary civilians in order to trap a shop owner , licensed to sell liquor by the case only , into selling them a few cans of lager and a bottle of wine . |
16 | A column of 400 Japanese followed them a few days later and reached Remexio , but there were no Australians in the town . |
17 | ‘ Farmer Dawes said it might take them a few days to settle down but they were laying on the second day . ’ |
18 | The kids used to be standing there one time — well , we hit them a few times with the cape and it had a bottle in it . |
19 | Perhaps she can sell them a few sleeping policeman , I ca n't remember her saying so as such . |
20 | yeah , you know and I 'm taking them a few things . |
21 | Then they continue , they hand you the tape , you ask them a few questions , like what the band 's called , how long you 've been working together , and bla bla bla , and then erm , I think I I 'm actually doing it with Kent and James and they 're not thick . |
22 | It took them a few moments to find it . |
23 | It had to be faced , they were a selfish pair , and she had no intention of upsetting Agnes 's comfort , or her own , to save them a few pennies . |
24 | They were all in the kitchen where she had left them a few minutes earlier . |
25 | Anyway , he gave them a few examples of the jobs he was looking for and they told him he was unqualified . |
26 | And it but the erm the goats apparently were no problem today , they just stayed on and gave them a few bits and pieces you know so that was fair enough . |
27 | shepherds pie yesterday and I did them a few chips with it as well . |
28 | They 've had to go for the we did them a few sort of quotes on the survey side of this Arrow Park and er we 've got ta , you know , really stick to this tight budget because it 's the only way you can get them no matter what people are telling you erm about the recession being over , people still want things for nothing . |
29 | These three are likely to feature in tomorrow 's opening match against a Stellenbosch Farmers XI , though any idea of a nice easy game should be dismissed as Yorkshire , who have been out here for a week , struggled to beat them a few days ago . |
30 | I hired a karaoke machine , went down the pub and gave 'em a few numbers ; ‘ Girl From Ipanema ’ , ‘ I Write The Songs ’ . |