Example sentences of "[pron] a [det] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Myths form a large part of poetry or music for they are the ancient background of man 's thoughts which the materialist world has spurned , but which a few poets and mystics have jealously guarded and preserved . |
| 2 | Steve Tshwete , himself a former flanker and now the ANC 's chief of sport , told RW&P in an exclusive interview to be published next month , that sportsmen would be expected to ‘ take the field wearing armbands and stickers on their kits showing their commitment to peace and democracy in South Africa ’ and to ‘ show their support for out struggle by visiting the scene of the Boipatong massacre ’ . |
| 3 | He spoke already in terms of collaboration — ‘ I sent you a few studies because you can see from them that she helps me a great deal by posing . |
| 4 | We just want to ask you a few questions and get out . |
| 5 | ‘ Miss Fraser , I 'd like to ask you a few questions if I may . ’ |
| 6 | He 'll teach you a few manners and how to play polo properly . ’ |
| 7 | But here they just give you a few examples and expect you to do example sheets , it really is so difficult . |
| 8 | Instead of buying us a present , from erm , my mum bought me a few bits and pieces when they went to France . |
| 9 | He 's given me a few jokes but only ones he used a long time ago ! ’ |
| 10 | I 've spoken to right er and owes me a few favours and I 've said er would you consider her completing her training until the end of May middle of May which she does at the and then if she 's any good , take her on , providing she gets a driving licence . |
| 11 | I 'll get him I 'll get er Jane to give me a few dates and we 'll suit choose a suitable date and we 'll try all of the aspects everything about A L O work about the training , some of these we 've almost got solutions to ourselves we ought to be careful erm , if we can er draw up a proper agenda and discuss with him all of those issues |
| 12 | They asked me a few questions and they said , ‘ You 'd better come along to the police station . ’ |
| 13 | They asked me a few questions and withdrew to grunt amongst themselves , then came back and welcomed me as one of them . |
| 14 | Erm no , he does help me a few things but I do all the digging for him because he ca n't bend down too much . |
| 15 | I want you to tell me a few things and then I 'll let you go back to sleep , all right ? ’ |
| 16 | Just give me a few minutes while I get dressed and I shall be ready to go with you . |
| 17 | Not until you give me a few answers and do me the courtesy of telling the truth . ’ |
| 18 | I 'll try , but you 'll have to give me a few days before you pull her in . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ However I wanted to race in Ireland and I was frustrated when the Lisburn club came back to me a few days after I had signed up for the French meeting and gave me the full details . |
| 20 | Give me a few days and I 'll do it when Stephen goes to New York . ’ |
| 21 | Some Arabs in a tent gave them a little water and then the exhausted men finally stumbled into an outpost of the King 's Dragoon Guards . |
| 22 | In fact , you can just get on and off them a few times and they never seem to register the same thing twice ! |
| 23 | And it but the erm the goats apparently were no problem today , they just stayed on and gave them a few bits and pieces you know so that was fair enough . |
| 24 | I thought Honved might cause them a few problems once they had equalised . |
| 25 | I 'll go with him a little way and perhaps we can talk . |
| 26 | Theodora allowed him a few moments and then she said , gently , ‘ There is , is there not , one further element ? |
| 27 | Lady Maude had given him a few pennies and tomorrow he planned to see his friend in Crabbe Street . |
| 28 | ‘ Dylan as an actor and as an explosive performing force was a dangerous rival for other actors , as I know , for I worked with him a few times or several , and once for instance a director [ Douglas Cleverdon ] said to him — we were rehearsing a radio play at the time — Dylan , will you take the words ‘ Mam ! |
| 29 | I 've seen him a few times and he 's never made a favourable impression on me ! |
| 30 | ‘ I 've spoken to him a few times and he 's the epitome of a true warrior . |