Example sentences of "[v-ing] [art] few [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hold the pleats in place by oversewing a few hand stitches at the base of each pleat ( fig. 34 ) . |
| 2 | Show your dynamism by suggesting a few surefire financial winners , the sort of title that will end up extracted in the Telegraph Magazine . |
| 3 | We floundered around for an hour or so , seeing a few wood sandpipers and dusky redshanks ( who invariably saw us first ) . |
| 4 | If you are giving the fresh flowers yourself , you have the ideal opportunity of holding a few back and pressing them immediately . |
| 5 | I remember some years ago sharing a few dinner dates with a young lady who turned out to be one of Prince Charles 's old friends . |
| 6 | Is anyone keen on doing a few lunch tickets ? . |
| 7 | But it 's unwise to take our bodies to the Grand Prix circuit of running for our lives without doing a few practice laps first . |
| 8 | It is worth discussing your child 's needs in detail and having a few rehearsal sessions before committing yourself to a job . |
| 9 | Ensure a regular supply by taking a few sucker cuttings each year , so you always have plants at different stages of growth . |
| 10 | JOHN OLVER , captain of Courage league leaders Northampton , will be making a few telephone calls to former Harlequin colleagues in the next couple of days . |
| 11 | ‘ He 's making a few phone calls , ’ she said at last . |
| 12 | Even so the kids not going to learn without making a few cock ups . |
| 13 | Ready salted : keep salt free-running and prevent the cellar from clogging up by putting a few rice grains in with the salt . |
| 14 | Before you reach for your collecting tins let me say they develop a good wheeze of taking in gullible Western guests and faking a few midnight tiger sightings with the aid of a collection of clockwork beasts and some carefully concealed tapes . |
| 15 | Gilkicker and Browndown yielding a few pout and dabs after dark . |
| 16 | Jack began his practice in his usual fashion by hitting a few half shots with the short irons . |