Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] a few [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bring in a few television lamps though and watch your amps . |
| 2 | From a tentative experiment , bringing in a few girl trainees , mostly from charitable institutions , the employment in Edinburgh of women compositors had by Edwardian times become an institution . |
| 3 | We have carried out a few water changes , but our water is still dark green . |
| 4 | Your recollections will no doubt revive a lot of memories for many of our older readers and provide quite a few talking points for younger ones . |
| 5 | Cardiff foreshore turned up a few conger and codling . |
| 6 | The fact that the committee was not merely an hierarchical instrument of management , but represented all departments and a range of statuses , was also felt to be an advantage : Very luckily we 've got quite a few Scale 1 younger teachers , people with new ideas , possibly … and it 's taken up , quite well … it 's quite respected now . |
| 7 | It needed only a few palm trees and sand to complete the conventional picture of a desert island . |
| 8 | ‘ To be honest , Koke , ’ he says , leaning forward confidentially and letting out a few vapour jets from behind his ears , ‘ I think you overestimate your potential as a thorn in the corporate side . |
| 9 | We children gave no presents to one another or to our parents : we were content to send out a few picture cards paid for by our parents , to people who would send us cards . |
| 10 | I 've pulled out a few press cuttings as well whilst I was looking through some of the for this talk . |
| 11 | Shall I take quite a few egg sandwiches alright ? |
| 12 | I 'll take quite a few egg sandwiches . |
| 13 | In order to survive , he took on a few composition pupils , including the daughter of the Duc de Guines , who was an outstanding flautist and harpist . |
| 14 | I took down a few reference numbers from a noticeboard headed ‘ Cleaning ’ and then waited for my turn . |
| 15 | Admitting ‘ We had words ’ in the dressing room afterwards , Dicks added : ‘ The boss spelled out a few home truths . |
| 16 | The two sides may be called the Goths and the Greeks , and while the Goths won the war , the Greeks took quite a few battle honours . |
| 17 | When he had wolfed down a few chapattis and an onion bhaji , Amiss took a slurp of lager and then leaned back . |
| 18 | Slugs can be a menace in the greenhouse in winter so put down a few slug pellets . |
| 19 | So what I , what I 'll do , I 'm gon na transfer your your erm your there and then that 's gon na save just a few couple of bobs alright ? |
| 20 | We would pick up a few flak holes , but every mission had those ’ . |
| 21 | At the moment , I do quite a few barn dances , mainly for wedding anniversaries . |
| 22 | And just sort of write down a few expression and then think ah that 's not right or yes that 's |
| 23 | Because he wrote quite a few letter in Welsh and he would dictate them to er Margaret . |
| 24 | Today most ports have only a few fishing boats but large fleets still work from three of the ports . |
| 25 | A flight crossing only a few time zones |
| 26 | Black , rather coarse , straight hairs are most plentiful ; then there were finer , dark-brown hairs on the jacket and shirt ; finally , we picked up a few animal hairs almost certainly from a cat . ’ |
| 27 | Well for one thing we have got really have quite a few school teachers now who just could n't get off during How many school teachers do we have Agnes ? |