Example sentences of "[vb -s] [vb pp] a [det] " in BNC.

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1 IT 'S not so surprising that Britt Ekland ( right ) has developed a few worry lines .
2 A preliminary clipping usually takes place during the course of the knotting , when the weaver cuts the pile yarn to an approximate length after he or she has completed a few rows , but the final clipping is a highly skilled job , which , if badly done , can ruin months of work .
3 The old Apache Group , now restyled the Mips ABI Group , has added a few members ( current count is 16 ) and is going to stage a rally later this month to wheel out the promised ABI .
4 Confidence wins battles ; even false confidence has won a few .
5 UK , Macclesfield firm , JSB Computer Systems Ltd 's US operation , out in Scotts Valley , California ( UX No 347 ) , has had a few teething troubles — it is some $200,000 short of its initial target and has undergone a few staff changes — however JSB managing director , Steve Jones says the unit turned in $150,000 last month and is now holding its own .
6 Following the reorganisation of the Assessment Services Department , the Field Officer team has seen a few staffing changes .
7 Finally , since 1989 , DGX has granted a few scholarships to specialise in restoration and conservation .
8 An initial inspection of the loco , still in impeccable condition externally , has revealed a few problems and it is hoped that the Standard will be back in service sooner than the two to three years expected for overhaul .
9 Dana has missed a few fittings , but the earth wo n't stop turning and I 'm sure she 'll turn up for the next one . ’
10 With The Cook , The Thief , His Wife And Her Lover ( 18 ) he has made a few changes , but certain basic principles hold good : the look of everything is still turned into art history , and the meaning of everything is still turned into nothing , a nothing that sometimes seems despairing and sometimes only smug .
11 Even in our championship winning year we failed to beat the ‘ elite ’ sides in the league and although Wilko has made a few changes to the squad we still have basically the side and thus the same problems that have cost us dearly in the most important games .
12 McLaren boss Teddy Mayer as much as admitted at the end of 1975 that he thought Emerson wanted to move — or that he was in personal trouble of one kind and another — but the official news reached Hunt before it got to the team , and got to Hunt through Domingos Piedade , an eccentric figure close to the cheerful groupie Googie Zanon , a wealthy ( textiles ) Italian aristocrat whose support has been crucial to many drivers at critical points in their career , then ‘ manager ’ to Emerson and now to Ayrton Senna — a fringe career from which Domingos , hugely personable , but also often more a talker than a doer , has made a more than reasonable living .
13 And one of the two new caps , the Australian Brian Smith who takes over at fly-half from the injured Paul Dean , has had a less than spectacular season with Leinster .
14 Finally , Hobson Moor Quarry has had a few more of its gaps filled .
15 Over the years of flying at almost every conceivable airshow location in the UK , Lindsey has had a few unusual requests along the way : ‘ I can remember a certain airshow organiser , who was very active on the airshow scene then , but not now , coming up to me and saying ‘ Lindsey , how much do you want to bail out at the end of one of these dogfight routines that you do ? ’ ,
16 Arrange to visit after the programme has had a few weeks to run .
17 ‘ Les has had a few problems but he could do very well alongside Deanesy . ’
18 ‘ Nurse Yates has had a few .
19 UK , Macclesfield firm , JSB Computer Systems Ltd 's US operation , out in Scotts Valley , California ( UX No 347 ) , has had a few teething troubles — it is some $200,000 short of its initial target and has undergone a few staff changes — however JSB managing director , Steve Jones says the unit turned in $150,000 last month and is now holding its own .
20 Although she has had a few boyfriends since , there is no one special around .
21 James , 19 , working in the hall under a community service order , has had a few months ' work for the council since leaving school .
22 I am a bit of an oddity here and this has opened a few doors for me .
23 He has got a few bruises .
24 He has got a few bruises .
25 Our press stories in general and working with Keith now over and also the launch of Dare which has got a few problems er are there any other major
26 The Platoon Sergeant loads the necessary extinguishers and fire-fighting equipment into the back of a vehicle and they speed off The accident has occurred a few hundred metres from the Turkish depot in which ammunition is stored for the Force .
27 The Chancellor has shifted a few factors around , that 's all .
28 The 34-year-old ex-British Open champion has bought a former hotel at Dolphinton , Strathclyde , which he plans to convert into a luxury mansion .
29 But we also remember how that was n't sustained , and the cynical political fix of the Tories a few months later , that for the moment has coped with the government 's political crisis , and temporarily has bought a little time for a few pits .
30 He has played a few games and had received treatment .
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