Example sentences of "[am/are] [v-ing] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Talking of scary moments , Manc popsters THE AWESOME THREE are encountering a few of those since releasing their ‘ Possessed ’ single . |
| 2 | If you are replacing a few boards in an existing floor , and have brought them from a timber yard , do n't come home and fit the boards straight away . |
| 3 | Er we 're getting a few bodies back into the team emptying the treatment room and and things are looking a lot better . |
| 4 | so if you 're staying a few nights some get some saved up do n't you ? |
| 5 | We 're having a few extra of these if you want to send something else out |
| 6 | They 're spendin' a few thousand on the Town Centre plantin' all trees 'n' things . |
| 7 | The slight time delay is still there ( really , we 're talking a few 1000ths of a second ) but the tracking is quite a lot better . |
| 8 | Great that we 're making a few bob at last ; I 've bunged down a few more ideas for old Clash songs we could flog to various fee-paying customers . |
| 9 | ‘ We both know the gentleman concerned and we 're not very happy about the way things are going so we 're making a few enquiries of our own . ’ |
| 10 | Its twenty five years since the folk rock band Fairport Convention first got together and this year they 're planning a few suprises , but one of the stars will be missing . |
| 11 | Many of the houses bear handwritten notices offering manicure/pedicure , basic literacy , hairdressing ; some are selling a few tins of Coca-Cola , candy , combs and trinkets . |
| 12 | It is not easy to grasp the financial significance of organisations diluting their products , for instance , so that many millions of customers are paying a few pence extra for their goods . |
| 13 | But a lot of people buy a second hand car privately , and there are pages of these in the Nottingham Evening Post every day you know where people are paying a few hundred pounds , or it may be a few thousand pounds , for a second hand car . |
| 14 | My brother and I are having a few people in for a drink before lunch on Sunday . |
| 15 | I 'm seeing a few bright smiles here , which is , er , interesting . |
| 16 | ‘ Obviously I 'm pleased that I 'm getting a few winners , ’ he told me , ‘ but I would still like to have more mounts . |
| 17 | But if you can tolerate company , I 'm having a few people , mostly colleagues of Alex from the power station , to dinner on Thursday night . |
| 18 | Just say , ‘ I 'm having a few friends round to dinner . |
| 19 | I 'm having a few friends in on Saturday evening , along with some new acquaintances , and I 'd like you all to come . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ The players here are leaking a few goals and losing faith in themselves but there might not be a lot wrong . |