Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv prt] [art] few " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | It helps to ask the client 's permission to jot down a few facts . |
| 2 | It is useful to jot down a few examples under each point as this aids understanding and memory . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Credit must be given to the home keeper Alan Godden who had to pull off a few good saves . |
| 5 | I tried to come off a few times , y'know , off me own bat , like , but there was too much of it around . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ So you got to try out a few of these nice new cars yourself . ’ |
| 10 | Because then at least you might be able to write out a few more . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | I could give examples of how people have been pursued beyond the grave to pull back a few miserly pounds of poll tax payment . |
| 14 | ‘ We would like to go over a few points relating to the Livesey murder , ’ Bragg said evenly . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | SMALL investors could use any spare cash to pick up a few holdings in carefully chosen smaller companies . |
| 18 | 9.00am Linda pops into the Savoury Delicatessen in Clapham High Street to pick up a few essential items . |
| 19 | She leaned closer and reached out , to pick up a few strands of dark hair . |
| 20 | For in the company of over 200 or so other eager enthusiasts , I was able to pick up a few interesting little pieces . |
| 21 | I sympathized and threw in a few choice obscenities and ‘ hanging 's too good for ‘ ems ’ but made a note to pick up a few watches next time I was down the Brick Lane midnight market . |
| 22 | ‘ I do n't think that professionalism as such should have a place within the playing side of the Association , ’ states the Dungiven clubman , ‘ We play for pure enjoyment and recreation and if along the way we manage to pick up a few honours , then that 's great . |
| 23 | ‘ Scurrying round to pick up the few crumbs that fall from the table ? ’ |
| 24 | As in Chapter 2 , there will be room only to open up a few of the many possible perspectives and issues , and to suggest some ways of thinking about them . |
| 25 | I will try to set up a few … safeguards in case our fears are proved true . ’ |
| 26 | the P.N.M. would have to sort out a few more issues of contention ; a Federated West Indies for instance ; constitutional reform ; should they let the U.S. retain its naval base at Chaguaramas ? and , are we a socialist movement ? |
| 27 | It 's just that I have arranged to meet him tonight sometime to sort out a few things for me would of made a lot more sense if he 'd been here ! |
| 28 | They need to sort out a few things and they 'll be very competitive . ’ |
| 29 | But if you are n't prepared to wade through acres of news and advertising print , your financial adviser should be able to pick out a few plans that suit your needs . |
| 30 | Some churches have found it helpful to set out a few simple guidelines to indicate what is entailed in responsible church membership' . |