Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | An individual GP probably gets to see only a few cases of Meningitis in his career . |
| 2 | The Germans had no illusions about the military effectiveness of their principal ally , and at first they agreed to accept only a few divisions of the Alpini , the specialist mountain troops who could hold their own with any in Europe . |
| 3 | It helps to ask the client 's permission to jot down a few facts . |
| 4 | It is useful to jot down a few examples under each point as this aids understanding and memory . |
| 5 | If this is the case , we would expect to find only a few of the many polymorphisms readily interpretable as responsive to present proximal selective forces . |
| 6 | All too often , a ‘ best of all time show-stopper ’ is difficult to find only a few years after its introduction , superseded by yet another new name . |
| 7 | It can be quite illuminating to write down a few vague goals , and then to discover just how deepseated your real feelings about nursing can be . |
| 8 | Well I 'm only trying to find just a few more recordings for her because they 're coming towards the end of the er |
| 9 | Credit must be given to the home keeper Alan Godden who had to pull off a few good saves . |
| 10 | I tried to come off a few times , y'know , off me own bat , like , but there was too much of it around . |
| 11 | So it is n't a bad idea at this stage of the season for us to conjure up a few exercises to test receding intellectual fibre . |
| 12 | What I would like to do with the financi financial commentary , is because it is , is an historic document , I would like to pull out a few plums which we can team brief . |
| 13 | Because this is England 's last match for at least 3 ½ months , Robson had to balance his desire to try out a few options with the need to retain the basic framework of his World Cup team . |
| 14 | ‘ So you got to try out a few of these nice new cars yourself . ’ |
| 15 | Because then at least you might be able to write out a few more . |
| 16 | Somewhat naïvely , I had expected it all to be sorted out then and there , but the chap just took my name , gave me a form to fill in and told me to come back a few days later for a full interview . |
| 17 | We half expected them to come back a few days later , but they have never returned to the barn we prepared so painstakingly for them , although they are still sometimes seen in the vicinity . |
| 18 | I could give examples of how people have been pursued beyond the grave to pull back a few miserly pounds of poll tax payment . |
| 19 | I was surprised to find quite a few patches of snow near the summit , which I reached at about half past ten . |
| 20 | We were pleasantly surprised to find quite a few previously unseen photos relating to the demolition of the line , als osome unseen material that we arranged to have photo-copied for the Society . |
| 21 | I first became involved when my youngest child started attending the playgroup and I was asked to work there a few mornings a week . |
| 22 | ‘ I hope to meet quite a few of them , ’ she said yesterday . |
| 23 | I would describe our time in Siret as being able to see just a few rays of light in a very dark week . |
| 24 | ‘ We would like to go over a few points relating to the Livesey murder , ’ Bragg said evenly . |
| 25 | Make your visit a chance to sample just a few of its many varied and exciting cultures by taking advantage of one our Far East multi centre holidays featured on pages 26 and 27 . |
| 26 | Make your visit a chance to sample just a few of its many varied and exciting cultures by taking advantage of one of our Far East multi centre holidays featured on pages 26 and 27 . |
| 27 | Very few men do have any moments whatever , and for the benefit of such readers as have not sufficiently respected Mr Binyon for his , it would be well to set forth a few of them . |
| 28 | There was no single incident that Loretta could pinpoint as the cause , merely a series of minor hold-ups ; and Bridget had mislaid her car keys , causing them to set off a few minutes after the time they had agreed . |
| 29 | The physicists who felt they had left their successors with little more to do than to clean up a few minor problems expressed the same mood as August Schleicher , who was sure that ancient Aryans had talked exactly the putative language which he had reconstructed for them . |
| 30 | SMALL investors could use any spare cash to pick up a few holdings in carefully chosen smaller companies . |