Example sentences of "[vb infin] [vb pp] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | So on that very depressing note , er I 'll leave we 've got a few minutes for questions or objections if anyone wants to , we 've got some head shaking . |
| 2 | I hope I may have given a few ideas and if anyone makes their fortune and buys a villa in the South of France , will you invite me for a holiday , please ? |
| 3 | Jack 's ‘ going with someone ’ , as Karen Black put it , was still Mimi , a relationship which had survived all predictions ; and , though it may have stopped a few magic moments between him and Black , it did not prevent an entanglement with another of his co-stars , Susan Anspach . |
| 4 | Someone up there must have wagered a few bob on them for another Grand Slam . |
| 5 | He forbore to add that Poll might have earned a few more blows as the result of Sally-Anne 's intervention , to prevent her from involving anyone else in future . |
| 6 | She must have forgotten a few things in the holidays , like the time I pushed her in the school goldfish pond . |
| 7 | The presence of the Seoul 100 metres silver medallist might have attracted a few more through the turnstiles had the Scottish AAA not agreed to keep his entry a secret at the request of the athlete himself , a fact which inevitably leaked out leaving the promoters somewhat embarrassed . |
| 8 | She might still have shed a few tears when the dogs were put down but those tears could have represented a fitting tribute of respect to lovely creatures whom human beings treat so shabbily . |
| 9 | He eyes me , thinking that , although I might have done a few things in the Arctic , I am still a tiny lad without any fat ; he decides that it will be just a few minutes . |
| 10 | Looking back , they would have done a few things quite differently , but they certainly did not conform to the view taken by some authorities that they encountered , that they are children who have ruined their lives and wasted their education . |
| 11 | It also may have answered a few queries over which he may have pondered in his youth and then discarded to the rear of his mind for later consideration . |
| 12 | I think she may even have said a few words to it . |
| 13 | But if you looked carefully at the left-hand side , where there was a glass-enclosed porch , you might have noticed a few little birds flying around , the odd flash and flitter of coloured wings . |
| 14 | She must have seen a few sights in her time . ’ |
| 15 | The first 10–15 minutes should have seen a few goals in the net for Leeds . |
| 16 | If you had told me in advance , I would have prepared a few canapes for your arrival . ’ |
| 17 | The mill has a large belt wheel at the second floor level and , at such a height , must have presented a few problems with the fitting of the drive belt . |
| 18 | Leeds were naive in defence , provided no cover , and could have conceded a few more ( for the record though , Fairclough played very well and made some very timely interceptions ) . |
| 19 | SUPER SAVER DAVID JAMES may have made a few mistakes but he is learning all the time , says Liverpool boss Graeme Souness ( inset ) . |
| 20 | The population of Easter Island could not have exceeded a few thousand , so a sizeable proportion of the men must have been employed at the quarry , carving likenesses of their deceased relatives . |
| 21 | Jocelyn on the other hand would have preferred a few irregularities in life and so was leaving to live in a battered wives hostel . |
| 22 | On the other hand , if Lewis had been allowed to live in this way , though we might have had a few more mighty works of literary history from his pen , it is doubtful whether he would have written the works for which he is more popular . |
| 23 | Still , they might have had a few more years left in them yet , and so in that respect , it was rather courageous of them to accept Nicholson 's script and Rafelson 's apparent decision that all good things must come to an end . |
| 24 | The conductor William Llewellyn may well have had a few sleepless nights but must have been proud of his singers . |
| 25 | A game 's a game , but you could have piled me up back there , and then you 'd have had a few questions to answer ! ’ |
| 26 | I may have had a few words with her , but that 's all . ’ |
| 27 | My worry about the half is that we should have had a few goals in , rather than just the one . |
| 28 | Bolton 's could have had a few more goals … thankfully Reece and his defence managed to stop the rot … |
| 29 | Bolton 's could have had a few more goals … thankfully Reece and his defence managed to stop the rot … |
| 30 | ‘ I should have thought a few minutes . |