Example sentences of "[to-vb] a few [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The blue-rinsed grandmother from Iowa — ‘ just passing through Lunnun to catch a few shows ’ ( like anglers collect trout ) — I had drawn as a dancing partner clapped louder than anybody . |
2 | In order to catch a few babies , trappers will frequently kill whole families and the orphan chimps often die in transit . |
3 | Robert tried to marshal a few facts about twelfth-century Iran . |
4 | An exercise that is always valuable , is to rewrite a few articles that you have read . |
5 | In the near future I intend to expand this unholy alliance into a much larger tank and to try a few experiments with the set-up and some new species which I 'll no doubt relate if they 're successful . |
6 | In the run-up to the interview , or even before if you have the time , it is a good idea to try a few practice interviews . |
7 | With the down fall in farming profits , it might be necessary to accept a few weeds in crops , or a low level of pest attack for economic reasons . |
8 | But there are other less obvious savings which can be taken into account if you are prepared to write a few letters and fill out a form or two . |
9 | No it does n't hurt to write a few letters . |
10 | Mr. Leapor has put down a Grave-Stone in Memory of his Daughter ; and I should be glad if any of the ingenious Gentlemen you mention would be so good as to write a few Lines to be put upon it |
11 | Request : The Liberal ex-chief was asked to write a few words for ‘ Backroom Boys ’ , a book about ‘ men who distinguish themselves without excess , folk quite happy to take a pleasingly light and unimposing approach , and yet who nevertheless make a reasonably fair showing throughout life ’ . |
12 | with some , some things to write a few words in , some things to tick , some things to make a mark on one of the numbers and so forth so erm er you know it 's erm but as I say it 's difficult to er |
13 | She had even let Doc Threadneedle into her greymass to plug a few loops , although she did n't want too much done in there . |
14 | all I want out of this life is to meet a few men with something more between their ears than the latest Donna Summer hit . |
15 | ‘ I expect you 'd like to meet a few people . |
16 | They would definitely , at least , break even , and it did come to bear a few times . |
17 | Keep the rudder where it is and allow the speed to increase a few knots so that both you and the student can observe the exact position of the rudder pedals . |
18 | Well , I can report on that front that we have been offered the opportunity to secure a few locomotives ( one has already been given to us ) , and a number of pieces of rolling stock . |
19 | In your mind you will have a picture of your ideal small farm with grass , crops , livestock , vegetables , and fruit meeting most of your needs , without waste , and a marketable surplus to provide a few luxuries . |
20 | Anyhow , er this evening very happy to provide a few pictures for you to have a look at , and hopefully with a bit of information . |
21 | The path was narrow and climbed steeply between thickets of gorse which were in flower ; nothing to be compared with the dramatic spring show but enough to provide a few patches of welcome colour against the sombre background of the moor in November . |
22 | Please could I ask you to find a few minutes to write to the Secretary of State for Wales , Welsh Office , Cathays Park , Cardiff CF1 3NQ , urging him to persuade his cabinet colleagues of the importance of finding time for an Environment Bill which includes these measures . |
23 | When Jim Belushi came , he wanted a particular American brand of beer and we had to search far and wide to find a few cans . |
24 | ‘ I 'm beginning to find a few clues . ’ |
25 | I raced against Cameron Sharp a number of times and beat him , so it was galling to find a few weeks later that he was racing Carl Lewis on the Continent . |
26 | If that is the case that each of the political parties , as I assume is the case for er the Conservative party , I know it to be the case of the Labour party I assume the same is true for the Liberal Democrats and other parties represented in this house , that they undertake the very considerable organisational er er process of selecting candidates only to find a few weeks before June the ninth , that as a result of the difficulties that I 've described as far as the French government attitude towards these elections is concerned , that er in fact we have to revert to the existing arrangements and that we can not have these new er boundaries in place . |
27 | He discarded his captain Wayne Shelford in a rather messy episode in mid-1990 only to find a few months later that Shelford 's replacement also had his faults . |
28 | A year ago , having for the previous five years been one of the quietest incumbents of the Quirinale Palace , Mr Cossiga announced his intention ‘ to shake a few pebbles out of my shoes ’ . |
29 | One occupation which requires people to work a few days now and then is market research , and you will usually see advertisements for this work in local papers . |
30 | Well there 's another lad he 's been ill in health he 's worked more now than he ever has cos he used to work a few days and lose a few days and he was n't . |