Example sentences of "[vb pp] [to-vb] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the fact that having a baby and adjusting to motherhood are only permitted to cause a few days ' disruption must be a bad thing — when what mothers really need is adequate time to rest ( between feeds ) , plenty of boosts to their ego , lots of love and confidence building . |
| 2 | The local battalion have rung to give a few more details of the incident . |
| 3 | The Beaverton , Oregon-based Sequent is also expected to have a few tricks up its sleeve for this week 's roll-out . |
| 4 | He put a couple of lamb chops under the grill , made a green salad and prepared to enjoy a few hours of solitude before the intrusion of Rickards and his preoccupations . |
| 5 | So , as I enjoy the opportunity to create a modest tremor in the bourgeois breast myself , I have decided to present a few recipes that might be described as ‘ frighteners ’ : recipes that are totally delicious but fringed with menace . |
| 6 | So many of you have written in and asked for help with this game , I 've decided to print a few more hints ( thanks go to Richard Lupton , Mark Latham and Ewen Nicholson for this stuff ) . |
| 7 | We feel that anthropologists are uniquely positioned to introduce a few question marks into the fundamental assumption of the discourse , and it is our hope that this book will provide some such . |
| 8 | One of these was Lynn Bari , who has typically had to wait a few weeks after her death before receiving an obituary due her . |
| 9 | There is no question but that it would have involved tough chairmanship and I am convinced that the Minister — whom I should have expected to chair the conference — would have had to hit a few heads together . |
| 10 | which is enough to do four little little pictures I thought I might do for the craft thing in September , erm you know our flower festival and erm in which case I 'd have had to purchase a few of your little thingies that 's pretty . |
| 11 | My father thought the sentence unjust because he had only agreed to buy a few bottles of bootleg whisky . |
| 12 | ‘ Paul Spence has kindly agreed to give a few revision classes on seventeenth- and eighteenth-century architecture to final-year BA students : Tuesday … ’ |
| 13 | Prisons were only used to hold a few people until trial . |
| 14 | At Edward 's death his heir was aged twelve and the king would only have needed to live a few more years to have handed power to an adult heir . |
| 15 | At Edward 's death his heir was aged twelve and the king would only have needed to live a few more years to have handed power to an adult heir . |
| 16 | The same argument can be used to add a few more names to the list , but the total is still not large . |
| 17 | The same argument can be used to add a few more names to the list , but the total is still not large . |
| 18 | Anyway , I 'll I 'll put in the note anyway , because that 's the , thank you because I , I feel I 've got to get a few prices to find out |
| 19 | If that means that I 've got to upset a few people because I 'm trying to prevent somebody 's life being lost then I will upset those people . |
| 20 | And at the cemetery the vicar , a man who looked as if he needed far more consolation than he would ever be capable of dispensing , had agreed to say a few words before Henry 's address . |
| 21 | The flier had been briefed to say a few things like a parrot , but had no deeper understanding of war , or peace , or politics than that bird . |
| 22 | ‘ I 've got to lay a few more bets , ’ he said . |
| 23 | But she 's , she 's got to relinquish a few things herself . |
| 24 | As Venus moves into your sign , the pride you have taken in your appearance is bound to turn a few heads . |
| 25 | Oh you 're bound to get a few bum ones are n't you . |
| 26 | ‘ You 're bound to have a few of those . |
| 27 | They were bound to ask a few questions ! |
| 28 | Before the programme starts you will be invited to say a few words for the sound balance . |
| 29 | A new company , largely composed of untried broadcasters , was bound to make a few mistakes . |
| 30 | Harris has been known to cause a few directors to have sleepless nights . |