Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | The production should achieve an improved balance between pit and stage during its three-night run , but one wonders if three consecutive nights might not overtax a few vocal chords by Sunday morning . |
| 2 | ‘ I would not mind a few more so I could do more work at the Exchange . |
| 3 | ( And yet I remember one morning — when confronted by a preliminary plate of very sour , very cold slices of orange I could not stop a few tears trickling miserably down my cheeks — a gruff voice coming from the other end of the table . |
| 4 | Then , as she had so many , she would not miss a few , he had the thought to sail them out the window . |
| 5 | So far everything had gone our way , but it was hard to believe that the wily old campaigner would not have a few more tricks up his sleeve . |
| 6 | When she tried to explain that she would now have to live on five shillings a week , she could not restrain a few tears . |
| 7 | And let's not forget a few failed attempts at making it in the movies along the way . |
| 8 | It is better to learn that the candidate can not put a few words together before he/she joins the company rather than after he/she is employed . |
| 9 | I 'm not saying you may not lose a few good people but on balance it 's worth that sacrifice rather than pursue an enforced redundancy policy . |
| 10 | This did not reflect a few well-organized sectors and a larger number of unorganized ones as was the case in the United States , for example , where the average level of unionization was similar . |
| 11 | Although barbel are so stupid when they are feeding ravenously , they are not so stupid they can not learn a few tricks of their own to enable them to feed in the face of apparent danger . |
| 12 | ‘ I do n't think a few crocuses in Hyde Park are going to make much difference , ’ Estabrook said . |
| 13 | I still do n't know a few ideas though |
| 14 | ‘ John goes for the foliage and I buy flowers ’ said Claudia , who likes bargains and does n't mind a few surprises . |
| 15 | Drying time : wearable within the hour after drying in a warm room — if you do n't mind a few minutes of clamminess at the obvious places where the material is thicker such as the pockets and waistband . |
| 16 | Anyway they 're nice old bales though , I would n't mind a few of them . |
| 17 | Second , Ketamine has a slow onset taken orally , so if your tablet does n't work , do n't drop a few more and cross your fingers . |
| 18 | Well , if he lived in the north- east , er part of this county , that great ar area where there is very little in terms of infrastructure perhaps er er it 's a pity we ca n't have a few more hysterics and we would perhaps get further down the road . |
| 19 | So there 's no reason at all why you should n't have a few hours off . |
| 20 | You gon na have , you ca n't have a few . |
| 21 | Aye , and lassies who could n't walk a few hundred yards without getting themselves lost . |
| 22 | But they would n't walk a few yards into the police station and tell anybody . |
| 23 | ‘ He can count his good luck that he did n't come a few minutes earlier , ’ Rune said crisply . |
| 24 | You throw your line out , you do n't get a few just biting . |
| 25 | She 'll say right going in she 'll say right the next lot will be going in in er ten minutes to one which may be a quarter of an hour 's time like , you know , so it 's all timed they do n't let a few there 's a the second go in . |
| 26 | Of course , it might be said that a man in your position , if you 'll forgive the expression , is dieting either because his lover has threatened to leave him if he does n't shed a few pounds or because his lover has left him and he feels a need to , shall we say , freshen up . |
| 27 | Do n't revise a few topics to the exclusion of all others . |