Example sentences of "[vb base] [pers pn] [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | For instance , tell us about your scene , ask why things happen or do n't , send us a few photos , whatever . |
| 2 | Use cotton dust-covers — white — and wash them every few months . |
| 3 | If you live in the Wallingford area and have a railway interest perhaps you might like to join this enthusiastic group and give them a few hours of your time . |
| 4 | BY THE time they got to Woodstock they might have been half a million strong , but give them a few days in the mud and they 'd soon wandered off into an acid daze looking for luxuries like a toilet , somewhere to sleep and a decent tofu burger . |
| 5 | That would take the smile off their faces all right and give them a few seconds relief . |
| 6 | When teachers give them a few simple objects ( cardboard boxes , old clothes , bits of material , and the like ) which could be the basis for playful construction , the children do n't know what to do . |
| 7 | ‘ Well , give me a few minutes , ’ Mark said , ‘ and I 'll ring the Prime Minister 's office in Istanbul , to see if they 'll agree to a short postponement . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Yes … be all right … terrible pain … give me a few minutes … be OK . ’ |
| 9 | Just give me a few minutes , will you ? ’ |
| 10 | If that 's love , give me a few mantras . |
| 11 | Give me a few days and I 'll do it when Stephen goes to New York . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Give me a few moments , ’ said Pumlumon , setting his features in a frown of concentration and Fenella looked at Caspar with a have-we-any-choice expression and then , taking a deep breath , walked across to the group of giants by the fire . |
| 13 | Only three days earlier , however , he had written to another correspondent in less drastic tones : " give me a few more years and you should sense a new influence on classical studies " . |
| 14 | ‘ Give me a few minutes to clean up and we 'll go to the Swan Inn . ’ |
| 15 | Just give me a few minutes while I get dressed and I shall be ready to go with you . |
| 16 | Not until you give me a few answers and do me the courtesy of telling the truth . ’ |
| 17 | But here they just give you a few examples and expect you to do example sheets , it really is so difficult . |
| 18 | And we 're very grateful , you 've brought rural interest , you 've brought much wider interest , and you 've brought a great deal of warmth and compassion and interest and time , what more could we say , but to show a token of our appreciation and give you a few flowers to go with that . |
| 19 | If I mention them and then perhaps give you a few examples of the sort of facilities which erm which we have available . |
| 20 | Micky Danby is a pratt and I owe him a few scores meself . ’ |
| 21 | Inspector Montgomery asks if you would be kind enough to step into the library when you 've finished your coffee , and give him a few minutes of your time . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Give him a few more minutes , ’ Desmond advised . |
| 23 | Give him a few more seconds , then turn the car round . |
| 24 | Give it a few months , goes the cheery Tory argument . |
| 25 | You can hear them from a long way now what you do is you sit them down and let them take up their own particular position , you can , if they 've got their medication their Ventilin or whatever , you can put it beside them , they will know if they need to take it or not , get them with the fresh air and let them take up their own position which is usually leaning forward so that it expands their lungs , talk to them about something different because sometimes well they 've got to think of what to answer you , it 's relaxing those tubes , now if they 're taking their medication and it does n't work within about five minutes get them to hospital , because the only people that really die with asthma are those that have taken medication and keep saying I 'll give it a few more minutes , give it a few more minutes and if they 're getting worse and worse they 're leaving it too long . |
| 26 | All you do is apply it to a cleansed bare face and give it a few hours to work . |
| 27 | They take hold of the club and give it a few waggles . |
| 28 | No , she 's said , she , she ai n't got the courage to ask her for more money , so I said well just give it a few more weeks and then Anne and Brian 's turn up , if it do n't get any better then , I 'm afraid you got Anne and Brian 's . |
| 29 | ‘ Lend us a few pence for a pint , mate . |
| 30 | Well it 's history that Langer and Graham never made it , although Langer nearly chipped in at the end to force that playoff and give us a few tremble s . |