Example sentences of "[verb] see a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Following the reorganisation of the Assessment Services Department , the Field Officer team has seen a few staffing changes . |
| 2 | Loc stared hard at her for a moment then glanced out across the clearing again , remembering suddenly the expression he 'd seen a few minutes before on the Frenchman 's face . |
| 3 | Come on I 'd like to see a few more hands up here . |
| 4 | I distinctly remember seeing a few of the eggs hitting the spokes of his front wheel as he slowed down . |
| 5 | We were beginning to see a few icebergs now , incredibly blue and in all kinds of weird shapes ; we had another reminder of just how far north we were , when a biting breeze blew up and it started snowing . |
| 6 | She must have seen a few sights in her time . ’ |
| 7 | The first 10–15 minutes should have seen a few goals in the net for Leeds . |
| 8 | I really enjoy watching boxing and try to get to see a few sports programmes every week . |
| 9 | Fleischmann and Pons were seeing 25 per cent unaccounted-for heat sometimes and had not yet more than the hope of proving that there were neutrons proving fusion ; Jones claimed to have seen a few neutrons at levels which , while interesting for science and understanding aspects of the Earth , bore no large scale practical benefits — what use is a billionth of a watt ? |
| 10 | ‘ I would have liked to have seen a few more North and Mid Wales sides near the top of the league , ’ he says . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've seen a few already ’ |
| 12 | But I 've seen a few of them on the slippery slope — the Shiny Set , the stars , the Washington |
| 13 | After Tomkins had served the second glass , Robins looked at me almost quizzically , and said , ‘ I 've seen a few doctors come and go in the islands , but you do n't seem to fit into the usual pattern . ’ |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | I 'm sure it 's in Pauline 's garden because I 've seen a few times . |
| 16 | I realized I had seen a few of these same processions on my way north through eastern Czechoslovakia , in Ovitkov and in Ostrava . |
| 17 | He had seen a few curtains moving in neighbouring houses . |
| 18 | ‘ Although I had seen a few people through Plump Partners — some of whom are still great friends — romance never really blossomed for me . |
| 19 | If you 've been meaning to see a few West End shows , why not try a theatre package from a company like Forte Hotels ( 0345–543555 ) ? |
| 20 | ‘ I have seen a few , you know , ha ! ha ! but yes , that would be excellent . |
| 21 | I have seen a few salmon in my time and caught a few too but this thing was not like a salmon at all . |
| 22 | There are mallards , teals , of which I have seen a few recently in the Camel estuary , always an abundance of moorhens and coots , and here and there the odd tern . |
| 23 | ‘ I have seen a few busy streets in my life , ’ Shae said quietly , sure she was being baited , but refusing to let herself rise to it . |