Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [verb] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Smash Hits will want to know about your make-up or your boxer shorts , Melody Maker leans towards aesthetics and primal therapy and the local Argus might just want to know a few biographical details and where your next gig is . |
| 2 | For example , most people will not mind waiting a few extra minutes in a hospital waiting room if they know that the doctor has been called away to deal with an emergency . |
| 3 | Just to highli I 'd just like to highlight a few of the principles before I comment on this dishonesty of this Government in , on the one hand enacting a major piece of legislation and on the other hand doing it in such a way that Councils 'll settle for failure because resources have not been allocated . |
| 4 | I 'd just like to say a few words on the conferences that I attended . |
| 5 | I 'd just like to say a few words on the conferences that I attended . |
| 6 | It would probably to appropriate for me to er second the motion in Welsh er , but as you 're and neither the English Welsh I would just like to say a few things , one , to express the appreciation of my council for the and secondly , |
| 7 | I would just like to say a few , a few things to er especially to Rupert and Mr David er without their help and cooperation we would never have had such er , er nev would never have started this project erm we thank you very much . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | When you visit the ancient university town of Cambridge and enjoy the historic college buildings along the River Cam , you should not fail to travel a few miles south to Audley End House in neighbouring Essex . |
| 10 | You 'll still have to do a few miles ? |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | I 'd also like to add a few inverts , largely anemones for the Clown fish . |
| 13 | If the table of the guitar has ‘ bellied out ’ you may also have to shave a few millimetres off the bottom of the saddle to achieve a lower playing action . |
| 14 | It will also have learned a few lessons in how not to go about setting up a business . |
| 15 | ‘ But then , for those things that are more filled out , to do them properly you 'd really have to get a few musicians out there . |
| 16 | No it does n't hurt to write a few letters . |
| 17 | I said I would make them a hundred butterfly cakes , and they either they 'll eat them or they 'll sell them , and I 'll hav I 'll try and have them ready for when rings up at half past one and if they sell them and she brings me any I would n't mind knocking a few more up for tomorrow , but I 'm not gon na give them all |
| 18 | Somebody who wo n't hesitate to shoot a few of the troublemakers as a warning to the rest . |
| 19 | The conductor William Llewellyn may well have had a few sleepless nights but must have been proud of his singers . |
| 20 | I think she may even have said a few words to it . |
| 21 | You must surely have observed a few things about Fräulein Müller . ’ |
| 22 | A term which certainly I , would n't have understood a few years ago . |
| 23 | ( She thought : I must n't forget to sing a few notes in that direction … ) |
| 24 | Okay , do n't forget to have a few days break over Christmas , do n't work all the time , have a jolly good time . |
| 25 | And some years you 'd probably maybe get a few pounds back and sometimes you would er maybe have to pay a few pounds . |