Example sentences of "[art] few thing [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the few things we do n't know , though , are their slogans . |
| 2 | Well I would n't worry too much about cramming it all together tightly because it 's erm one of the few things we 've still got a budget for is photocopying student questionnaires so you m you know , you might as well take advantage of that , it does n't erm it does n't cost you anything and the actual difference it makes to the university and to erm world resources is very slight indeed I think |
| 3 | And then of course , when she came into the village to buy the few things they need — it is astonishing how modest Mr Swinton 's needs seem to be , she hardly buys any comforts at all but I gather his man is an excellent gardener and they keep a pig for bacon — ’ |
| 4 | Her world had shrunk to the few things which still had interest for her . |
| 5 | Paying off the debt meant cutting consumption at home of the few things which were imported and almost anything which might be exported . |
| 6 | Of course , these are not the abilities which we pride ourselves upon , and we are much more likely to be impressed by the few things which computers do well which we do badly . |
| 7 | We charge the highest rate in the country for issuing fire certificates which is one of the few things which we 're actually allowed to charge , and we charge more than virtually any other authority in this country . |
| 8 | ‘ If you wear that , ’ he said curtly , ‘ you 'll destroy one of the few things your father possessed . |
| 9 | One of the few things he could instantly recall from his own brief marriage was his wife 's grilling a kipper on a gridiron over the fire . |
| 10 | It rarely took less than seven minutes to organize the few things I needed , so that day I rehearsed mentally as I went along : ‘ Choose the best place to stop . |
| 11 | ‘ The frets were one of the few things I actually bought for the guitar . |
| 12 | One night , after I had cooked her supper , I went upstairs and packed the few things I possessed in a cardboard box and came downstairs and announced I was leaving . |
| 13 | Er , one of the paradoxes of the modern era as er , pointed out by Tom Peters , not by me , one of the few things I do not claim original thought on , erm , is , is that it 's not that we , people think that we do n't have enough information at our fingertips and are constantly striving to gather more and more , the opposite is actually true . |
| 14 | Schmidt looked through the few things she brought out . |
| 15 | While we 're on this question , one of the few things that er Theresa did n't say , although perhaps she might have said it when I was n't , I do n't think she did but one of the few things she did n't say is why Freud disapproved of the typical kind of dream book you find in any book shop . |
| 16 | ‘ Vicky adores the dog and she is one of the few things she is interested in . |
| 17 | ONE OF the few things you can do more efficiently in an aircraft than anywhere else is get drunk . |
| 18 | When we find this extremely difficult , there are a few things we can do to make it easier . |
| 19 | that I 'm w now , so what I suggest we do , is before we say we must make your premenstrual tension better with various manip various bits and bobs , and there are quite a few things we can do to help . |
| 20 | Erm I just want to go back and talk about a few things we just touched on earlier . |
| 21 | ‘ I think there are a few things we ought to get straight , ’ he said coolly . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'll just fetch a few things we might need . ’ |
| 23 | There 's a few things we need from the shops that I did n't get yesterday . |
| 24 | Therefore the few staff sit up late at night to prepare lectures on a few things they know about and a lot of things they know not much about , and spend their time keeping one page ahead of the class and depending on the textbook . |
| 25 | However , I have now been through the notebook you left with me and there are a few things I wish . |
| 26 | I have enclosed a few things I would like you to look at when you have a moment . |
| 27 | He started off at Ramsbottom depot , er , a few things I did n't know about him . |
| 28 | ‘ And I suppose there are quite a few things I have n't done . |
| 29 | ‘ 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 . |
| 30 | Come ashore with me — I have a few things I must do . |