Example sentences of "[vb -s] [prep] a [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here , in a role that might have better suited Peter Sellers , or , more authentically , Alberto Sordi , he goes through a few variations on Ben Braddock and Jason Fister , the agent in his first Italian misadventure . |
| 2 | Parish calls it ‘ a love story that just goes through a few crazy things ’ , but he 's under selling it ; Time Warner so liked the film it is thinking of turning it into a TV series with Parrish in the starring role . |
| 3 | It usually starts shortly after the animals have been weaned and in most instances it only persists for a few months . |
| 4 | Nobody cares about a few thousand Masai . |
| 5 | The other is a slim footbridge carried on the piers of what looks like a former railway viaduct . |
| 6 | It all starts with a few slow miles in the suburbs , then out into the Suffolk countryside , with a long trail of runner snaking their way along narrow country lanes . |
| 7 | Thou hast done wonders in a little time , not only made a rake a husband but thou has made a rake a preacher . |
| 8 | Unmarried , she lives in a former doctor 's surgery in Crook which doubles as the constituency office . |
| 9 | Andrew Guest , of United , said the proposals for speed restrictions would mean buses travelling over 50 speed humps on a half hour round trip . |
| 10 | The smoke is probably unburnt fuel If the carb is a little bit worn it will do this The Solex carb is more prone to this than the later Zenith It may also be slight oil burning which is also very common as the engine starts and only happens for a few seconds This is a ‘ feature ’ of Land Rovers and is not really cause for concern |
| 11 | ‘ She wakes for a few minutes and then is unconscious for several hours , ’ said a police spokesman . |
| 12 | If untreated , recovery occurs after a few weeks , but discharging abscesses may remain in the groin . |
| 13 | Smith , the car 's owner , told magistrates at Eastbourne : ‘ It was just one of those things that happens after a few bevvies . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ That was a game we should have won after taking a two goal lead , and I think it 's still rankles with a few of the lads . |
| 15 | Gamble argues that the adversary politics thesis over-generalises from a few instances to the whole of economic policy . |
| 16 | It is not known why this occurs in a few animals after strangles infection . |
| 17 | Even with a well performed sphincterotomy of judivious size , unpredictable harmorrhage still occurs in a few cases . |
| 18 | Steve Richardson passes on a few tips on how to lower your scores by improving your on-course tactics . |
| 19 | The group then reassembles for a few days to allow everyone to present their trial training session . |
| 20 | ZOOLOGIST Kristy Bird 's love affair with Africa resumes in a few weeks when she embarks on a special project to study the impact of poaching on Kenya 's elephant population . |
| 21 | A wall goes down from the road straight as a die to Ease Gill and a walk alongside leads in a few minutes to a small hole in the ground that opens into lengthy passages below : this is Short Drop Cave . |
| 22 | It usually leads to a few cracked paving stones , ’ he said . |
| 23 | If your weight increases by a few pounds ( about 1 kg ) from one day to the next , do nothing for a day or two to try to redress the balance ; your weight could well drop back quite naturally . |
| 24 | The canoeing is mostly grade I racks with a few tight grade I+/II shoots ; there is one grade II at Bogroy footbridge , a twisting descent over 3 rock ledges , and the photographically spectacular grade III in the centre of Carrbridge itself . |
| 25 | If the hon. Gentleman waits for a few days , he may be made aware of developments emanating from a source not far from me now which may interest him and which may deal with that point . |
| 26 | Poor appetite , stops feeding and screams after a few minutes |
| 27 | He sounds like a such a wanker when he does it though . |
| 28 | Her hair , which is down to her bum , and a colour of gold one only gets with a little help from Miss Clairol , was an absolute mess from the wind . |
| 29 | They said Labour had squandered a golden opportunity to improve part of the town centre which could be hard hit when the new Cornmill Centre opens in a few months ' time . |
| 30 | The number of neurones in a brain varies from a few hundred in simple invertebrates up to approximately 10 11 in man . |