Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Dear Ralph It was a blessing to have met with you Wednesday night to share a few moments with a fellow Christian who like I has stumbled on the walk . |
| 32 | Try to establish a basic float by persuading friends and well-wishers to contribute a few pounds : £20 , £30 or £50 should be sufficient . |
| 33 | Horses have always been an expensive pastime but in the current economic situation any chance to save a few pennies is more welcome than ever . |
| 34 | Then there is the chance to repeat a few words : |
| 35 | Gives me the chance to get a few things done . ’ |
| 36 | We only want the managers to change a few things and to be more careful about safety . ’ |
| 37 | If I had not intervened on these pages to explain a few points this book ( or its opening section ) would be a gun aimed at my own temple . |
| 38 | Set down ten pairs of cards , pick them up in a pack and give them to onlookers to cut a few times . |
| 39 | One occupation which requires people to work a few days now and then is market research , and you will usually see advertisements for this work in local papers . |
| 40 | And here 's a few bucks to grease a few palms . ’ |
| 41 | As he put his hand in his pocket to withdraw a few coins he knew that he was lost . |
| 42 | Outside the Bank of England he put the bag on the ground to have a few moments rest . |
| 43 | In the old days , when Margaret Thatcher was still a chemist , and John Major was John Major-Ball , most MPs and many Ministers stayed away from the Party conferences , regarding it as a necessary vulgarity , an annual opportunity for the spear-carriers and party bit-players to travel to a seaside resort out of season to spend a few days in the proximity of the great . |
| 44 | A mixture of something old and something new , everybody here at Club has his or her own favourite , and we 've also asked a few personalities to say a few words about their number 1 trip . |
| 45 | It is a good technique to allow a few seconds at the beginning of a shot before the pan movement actually starts to allow the audience time to take in the scene . |
| 46 | The ban may , however , give Mrs Marcos the perfect opportunity to shed a few tears in front of the television cameras . |
| 47 | This kind of thinking has n't featured in election campaigning , so though friends warn me that I 'll be submerged in a great placid pool of meditation , I 'm off to Dartington to gather a few hints on the ideas that ought to guide our future . |
| 48 | The blue-rinsed grandmother from Iowa — ‘ just passing through Lunnun to catch a few shows ’ ( like anglers collect trout ) — I had drawn as a dancing partner clapped louder than anybody . |
| 49 | After passing the welcome but rather unexpected Sportsman 's Inn , the river is re-crossed at Stone House Bridge , one of the few places on this narrow highway where there is space to park a few cars . |
| 50 | It has been estimated that these various small-scale erosional processes require tens of Ma to overturn a few millimetres of dust . |
| 51 | Can I now ask the General Secretary to say a few words . |
| 52 | At the beginning of a recording session , start by asking each speaker in turn to say a few words . |
| 53 | So saying , when my wife Catherine died of cancer , Anthea sent me persistent invitations to spend a few days at her cottage , or even just come for a meal . |
| 54 | I am glad of the opportunity to offer a few words of introduction to this , our latest prospectus . |
| 55 | Use an angled mouth pipette to localize a few embryos in a small drop of infiltration mix in the centre of the flat base of a BEEM capsule , fill up the capsule with Spurr and polymerize at 60C for 16 h . |
| 56 | As the appliances will be used for quite a few years , perhaps under changing circumstances as couples have children , it 's important to look ahead and not just buy the cheapest model to save a few pounds . |
| 57 | It 's nice in the studio to have a few things here and there , but live , that 's what it hangs on . ’ |
| 58 | Will said gently , ‘ It 's not a bad thing to have a few illusions . |
| 59 | He left the cosy little restaurant to reappear a few minutes later with the announcement that her taxi was at the door and that he and Bob would go with her as far as her hotel . |
| 60 | Use a squeeze pipette to take a few drops of water from the surface of the culture , trying to disturb the surface as little as possible . |