Example sentences of "[be] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 61 | ‘ Listen to me , pal , because there are a few things you could learn . |
| 62 | → There are a few things to consider when setting up a PRS guitar . |
| 63 | → There are a few things that you can try before you bin your guitar , John . |
| 64 | But before you install one , especially of the coal or gas-burning variety , which needs the correct flue conditions so that harmful fumes are expelled , there are a few things you must check . |
| 65 | There are a few things you can do to make sure that when Animosity strikes the effect is minimal . |
| 66 | ‘ I think there are a few things we ought to get straight , ’ he said coolly . |
| 67 | Right Chairman , yes , the report 's for information , there are a few things to update , occupancy remains healthy , erm , the working total has fallen slightly over the Christmas recess , but erm , really by ten there . |
| 68 | Okay Suzanne before you go for your first sail there are a few things you need to learn about basic boat controls . |
| 69 | There are a few things that have cropped up which I have to see to now . |
| 70 | ‘ It sounds nice and I appreciate it , but if it 's all the same to you , there are a few things I need to catch up on . |
| 71 | ‘ Right , young lady , there are a few things you need to know about how I run this unit , and the first is that my nurses do n't loll around in the corridors indulging in idle chatter with strange men ! ’ |
| 72 | Oh she 's says It 's not coal , no , I do n't use it for coal , she sa I 've got gas central heating , we do n't need No it 's just that er well there are a few things in there . |
| 73 | Many have good sight , but there are a few forms which have lost their eyes , some of them living in the lightless world of caves . |
| 74 | There are a few difficulties . |
| 75 | Golden-leaved marjoram , yellow-variegated lemon balm , white-variegated pineapple mint , purple-leaved sage , blue rue , the filmy leaves of bronze fennel , and the pink , purple and blue , leaf-like bracts of clary are a few herbs of this kind . |
| 76 | There are a few scenes I 'd just like to run through before we break and — ’ |
| 77 | And that is , when , I ca n't remember what it 's called , and erm when the sex cells are made exactly half of an individual 's genes go into each , and when sex cells er come together in a fertilized exactly half of each parent 's genes are fitted together , so that 's completely fair , well almost completely fair , because there are a few genes outside the nucleus that only get they 're , they 're in a rather minority . |
| 78 | Finally , there are a few killers that have been able to develop a special tolerance for certain poisons , enabling them to eat the noxious prey without ill-effects . |
| 79 | This is not the place to explain logic , but there are a few bits of terminology which occur often in this subject which are not entirely standard . |
| 80 | The truth is that there are a few sites ( especially in North America ) where abundant remains of complete animals have been recovered , and from which a passable idea of the fauna of the Mesozoic can be obtained , but there are still great gaps in our knowledge , and many of the dinosaurs are known from a handful of individuals , or even a single specimen . |
| 81 | Yet there are a few hints that the possibility of specific performance even of these judgments should not be dismissed out of hand . |
| 82 | Codes can easily be devised to suit your individual tastes , but the following are a few hints on which you might build . |
| 83 | Here are a few hints for speech-making of any kind . |
| 84 | However , there are a few problems that could hamper your enjoyment . |
| 85 | There are a few problems there . |
| 86 | There are a few others , but those records are the ones I enjoyed the most . ’ |
| 87 | I think there are a few others but not many . |
| 88 | Young Charles is one of several up and coming teenagers in the Halkyn team along with Gareth Jacobs and Gareth Thomas , while there are a few others in the second eleven hoping for a first team chance . |
| 89 | There are a few glimmers of hope , however , since fewer firms are having trouble collecting fees and all but the larger firms are optimistic about increasing their client base . |
| 90 | It might seem unlikely but down in serene Somerset about as far from Teesside as you can get there are a few locals who would agree with him this week . |