Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dustin , who had arrived with Anne , three-month-old Jennifer , and a nanny , played the piano or sang dirty songs to a guitar accompaniment in the hotel lounge in the evenings and , on one occasion , went into the kitchen to gather a few pots and pans to use as bongo drums in order to entertain his colleagues . |
| 2 | ‘ He 's not the first striker to go a few games without scoring , ’ Alex Smith , the Aberdeen manager , said . |
| 3 | Well , I can report on that front that we have been offered the opportunity to secure a few locomotives ( one has already been given to us ) , and a number of pieces of rolling stock . |
| 4 | Merson is controlling his diet and craving for fast-food in a bid to lose a few pounds excess weight , but spoke out yesterday to nail the lies that he has had a bust-up with George Graham over the battle of the bulge . |
| 5 | Keep the rudder where it is and allow the speed to increase a few knots so that both you and the student can observe the exact position of the rudder pedals . |
| 6 | Cough worse ( < ) lying down which causes the most violent cough to appear a few moments later . |
| 7 | ‘ We expected Uri to bend a few spoons but we did n't expect the viewers to bend the truth , ’ he said . |
| 8 | Your only problem is choosing , and before you choose read these words to understand a few basics about the quality of Italian accommodation . |
| 9 | These poltroons seems to think that it 's a big deal to hoist a few pints of Smithwicks after an afternoon spent with their heads stuck up some geezer 's back passes . |
| 10 | Until the eighteenth century settlement within the neighbouring parish of West Bromwich took the form of small groups of cottages clustered together in ‘ ends ’ around the heaths , where squatters had opportunities to graze a few animals and to build a little workshop . |
| 11 | On a warm day , the instructions said , it would be sufficient for the horseman to place a few drops on his perspiring forehead to call his horses from a fair distance without saying a word , or making any sound . |
| 12 | It 's just a desperate attempt to get a few votes ’ . |
| 13 | The following summary of ideas on stress placement in nouns , verbs and adjectives is an attempt to present a few rules in the simplest possible form . |
| 14 | A Salvation Army officer friend had arranged for Ann to spend a few days away from home to help her resolve her feelings about the crisis before starting to tackle the difficulties in her marriage . |
| 15 | The couple 's interest in gardening began with the desire to grow fuchsias to fill a few pots and baskets . |
| 16 | There are few short cuts in any weight loss regime , but new light metal alloys and ceramics will probably enable the smaller diesel engine to shed a few pounds . |
| 17 | It marks a change of heart for Scorsese , who once swore he would never make a film about the Mafia , and led De Niro to break a few rules of his own : ‘ I was in the middle of filming We 're No Angels when we started to discuss GoodFellas and began working on my role , Jim Conway , together . |
| 18 | Everyone is aware that the Chancellor has a difficult ordeal to face a few hours later and no one wants to make the occasion even worse . |
| 19 | Most impressive was a demonstration of real-time speech to text , where Digital Equipment Corp 's chief tempted fate by getting the machine to translate a few words . |
| 20 | Most impressive was a demonstration of real-time speech to text , where Digital Equipment Corp 's chief tempted fate by getting the machine to translate a few words . |
| 21 | When would the fourth pall-bearer arrive , because , although the labouring side of his assignment was being carried out , he was the first to be called by Alan to say a few words , and also why was the organist playing in such a muted fashion ? |
| 22 | ‘ Sounds a good place to plant a few informers . ’ |
| 23 | In your mind you will have a picture of your ideal small farm with grass , crops , livestock , vegetables , and fruit meeting most of your needs , without waste , and a marketable surplus to provide a few luxuries . |
| 24 | She had even let Doc Threadneedle into her greymass to plug a few loops , although she did n't want too much done in there . |
| 25 | You might think that the doctor 's waiting room is just the place to crack a few gags . |
| 26 | When we got into the studio , I got Gibson to send a few guitars down for a try-out and I ended up using them the whole way through the album . |
| 27 | At the same time , we need to make sure we respect people 's desire to have a few moments quietness immediately before and after worship . |
| 28 | The best we could do was to arrange for some of our experienced investigators to spend a few days explaining how we worked , and then to attach our visitors to a particular investigation that was current so that they could experience the practical application of our methods . |
| 29 | Well , erm I I have been accosted a few times to do a few things , you know erm like I say , prostitution , they think probably because you 're on your own , everybody else , because one , say one person in the block is one , then you are one as well , you know . |
| 30 | with some , some things to write a few words in , some things to tick , some things to make a mark on one of the numbers and so forth so erm er you know it 's erm but as I say it 's difficult to er |