Example sentences of "[verb] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some children were sent to widowed grandmothers to live with them for company , or just sleep a few nights , like the seaman 's daughter on the Western Isles who , when all the men were away at the fishing , ‘ used to sleep with granny … bringing the water from the well and bringing in the peat , tidying up the floor and singing songs , for granny she was a very musical lady , yes she was . ’ |
| 2 | The contrast painted between the intense , vibrant , imaginative life of the child outside school ( where at the end of the day the eight-year-old collapses into deep sleep a few seconds after rushing round ‘ being a lorry ’ ) and the drab , pointless monotony of his classes is as striking as it is disturbing . |
| 3 | The blue-rinsed grandmother from Iowa — ‘ just passing through Lunnun to catch a few shows ’ ( like anglers collect trout ) — I had drawn as a dancing partner clapped louder than anybody . |
| 4 | In order to catch a few babies , trappers will frequently kill whole families and the orphan chimps often die in transit . |
| 5 | Robert tried to marshal a few facts about twelfth-century Iran . |
| 6 | An exercise that is always valuable , is to rewrite a few articles that you have read . |
| 7 | As I pointed out in the original review , this causes a few problems like the inability to switch players . |
| 8 | In the last phase of the shot the effect of impact causes a few cycles of vibration at a frequency of about 30 Hz . |
| 9 | If possible , either the hall porter or receptionist will escort the guests to their room offering to carry any hand luggage and walking a few steps ahead to open any doors . |
| 10 | Andrew was always with her , walking a few steps out of her reach . |
| 11 | ‘ Put it this way , I was approached a few months ago by a couple of guys in one of my clubs who said that they wanted to see the gaffer . |
| 12 | But although Wordsworth contributed a few lines , he quickly realized that attempts at collaboration were once again bound to fail : ‘ … |
| 13 | It also provided a few snippets of absurd press . |
| 14 | In the near future I intend to expand this unholy alliance into a much larger tank and to try a few experiments with the set-up and some new species which I 'll no doubt relate if they 're successful . |
| 15 | Recently my own son was attacked a few yards from Princes Street . |
| 16 | things are looking clearer now than they did you know a few weeks ago . |
| 17 | I still do n't know a few ideas though |
| 18 | And Dicky can take over as a footman — he may need a few lines changed here and there . ’ |
| 19 | Of course , you will need a few bits and bobs to get started , but Pat can provide a list . |
| 20 | I did need a few stitches , but frequent use of the bidet helped fast healing . |
| 21 | ‘ Even so , you may need a few stitches . |
| 22 | Mind you , you 'd need a few cushions |
| 23 | Although the pub decor might need a few alterations . |
| 24 | ‘ I may need a few shots before I find the mark , Khan . ’ |
| 25 | It is obviously every bit as important to respect the wild flowers in a foreign country as it is in one 's own , and not to pick large quantities of anything as you will only need a few pieces to create a floral souvenir of your trip . |
| 26 | I kept my fingers crossed figuratively during the first few months of our acquaintance that neither of us would be sent elsewhere on a permanent posting — permanent until demob , that is — because I had seen quite a few promising romances nipped in the bud by one or the other partner being whipped away by the unfeeling powers-that-be , and when a relationship is developing you do need a few weeks of togetherness to allow it to mature . |
| 27 | It bounced a few yards ahead of the Hussars ' advance , then slammed into a wood where it tore and crashed through the thickly leaved branches . |
| 28 | Some products and places provide a few exceptions to this pattern , as we shall discover in the next chapter , and there were considerable , if patchy and delayed , efforts towards ‘ re-industrialization ’ ( Chapter 10 ) , which created the estimated increase of manufacturing employment across all regions of the North from 1987 to 1989 , averaging 1.4 per cent , probably arrested by 1990 . |
| 29 | ‘ I entered a few eisteddfods and competitions and did the exams but that was as far as I went . |
| 30 | I 've had a couple of letters asking me whether I ever managed to give up smoking as I promised a few months ago . |