Example sentences of "[vb base] a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some children were sent to widowed grandmothers to live with them for company , or just sleep a few nights , like the seaman 's daughter on the Western Isles who , when all the men were away at the fishing , ‘ used to sleep with granny … bringing the water from the well and bringing in the peat , tidying up the floor and singing songs , for granny she was a very musical lady , yes she was . ’ |
| 2 | The contrast painted between the intense , vibrant , imaginative life of the child outside school ( where at the end of the day the eight-year-old collapses into deep sleep a few seconds after rushing round ‘ being a lorry ’ ) and the drab , pointless monotony of his classes is as striking as it is disturbing . |
| 3 | And I do n't like provide a little bottles cos little |
| 4 | Some products and places provide a few exceptions to this pattern , as we shall discover in the next chapter , and there were considerable , if patchy and delayed , efforts towards ‘ re-industrialization ’ ( Chapter 10 ) , which created the estimated increase of manufacturing employment across all regions of the North from 1987 to 1989 , averaging 1.4 per cent , probably arrested by 1990 . |
| 5 | Center Parcs have done their market research — they know that their target market want the healthy Nineties lifestyle and duly provide a huge sports hall . |
| 6 | The MD100 Broadband Premises Network provide a structured premises infrastructure for all types of traffic . |
| 7 | Like send a hundred ships full of men and munitions to help the bastards , Edward thought . |
| 8 | Send a few pages for a free quotation . |
| 9 | Expect a big babes-and-boys following , lots of lusting and live shows early next year |
| 10 | Trinity Square still proving to be very busy so expect a few minutes wait if you want to get yourself parked in there and have a couple of minutes wait if you want to get into the Victoria Centre that 's at the York Street entrance . |
| 11 | Good we 're doing family things today we had erm we had why these hard times are making the families pull closer together on earlier on and we 're all er looking after each other a lot more so I want a thirty seconds worth of family things today for Loot at Lunchtime . |
| 12 | I 've already answered the underlying question , I do believe that they should have the maximum discretion and then they should be answerable for their decisions to their local electors who want a good police service and want a good education service and there is money there for them to do it if that is their wish . |
| 13 | I want a thousand pounds to come through the door now . |
| 14 | If you want a particular files , you start at the beginning of the drawer and search your way through until you find the file you want . |
| 15 | And I want a dozen bottles for myself ’ |
| 16 | You 've got a dozen items I want a dozen items |
| 17 | For traders who want a low-risk futures position , an intracommodity spread may be attractive . |
| 18 | Premier Savings is not the type of savings account for you to dip into every time you want a few pounds to spend . |
| 19 | What d' ya think if someone says they want a few words with you what d' ya think 's going to happen ? |
| 20 | Even in the 1980s a troupe could be performing a highly individual routine in the most modern style but they only had to link arms , synchronize a few kicks and the audience would break into spontaneous applause . |
| 21 | MENTION big-time tennis venues round here and folk let you prattle on about Wimbledon , Roland Garros , Flushing Meadow and Flinders Park and then press a few claims of their own . |
| 22 | THERE 'S a saying in the computer industry : ‘ If in doubt , press a few keys ; if that does n't work , ask a colleague ; if in deep trouble , consult the manual . ’ |
| 23 | All that vanished with the invention of the printing press a few years later , but many of the books in the Corviniana were made in Italy at that time . |
| 24 | Throw some washing in , press a few buttons and try it out . |
| 25 | Erm one of the problems fish have on this is that they lay their eggs in gravel or something like that and where males have their own nest sometimes another male comes along and er takes it over , hijacks it piracy and interestingly enough what happens in those situations a pirate male will come in , displace the existing male from his nest and fertilize a few eggs and then buzz off . |
| 26 | I 'm coming to get an office here , buy some land , build a few hotels , you know . |
| 27 | Just go give us your taxes , build a few factories . |
| 28 | my Lord in a , in a sense that right at the very last page when they say a notified articles association , rules and regulations in there amended form no longer contain any clauses which constitute appreciable restrictions |
| 29 | Just say a wee thanks very much . |
| 30 | Neighbours say a new flats development in Sun Street , Darlington , has created no end of problems . |