Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hon. Member for Gateshead , East looks doubtful , but in a debate in the other place yesterday , Baroness Hollis of Higham said : ’ Thirdly I suggest that a few functions would appropriately come up from the county councils . ’ |
| 2 | I suggest that a few moments here on deck will suffice . ’ |
| 3 | The mill no longer stands although a few traces remain , near the farm . |
| 4 | Newly qualified nurses are expected to receive an orientation and induction programme appropriate to their appointments , followed by a consolidation period for a minimum period of three months , when it is recommended that a few hours each week be set aside for learning periods either with other newly qualified staff or as self-directed learning . |
| 5 | To speed things up , Mr Gilchrist agrees that a few acquisitions may be needed . |
| 6 | His son Carl later recalled that a few days before his father 's death there was already a terrible stench of decomposition , the advanced state of which apparently made an autopsy impossible . |
| 7 | It has been noticed that a few teachers have still to pay their Society membership for 1981 … |
| 8 | If my right hon. Friend should be considering with his right hon. Friend the Chancellor any largesse over the next two or three weeks , will he ensure that a few crumbs from the Treasury table fall in that direction ? |
| 9 | For some this proved too much and it was said that a few members of the group started to resemble the colour of our logo ! |
| 10 | ‘ I noticed that a few counties had decided on June 6 and I sent out a letter pointing out that the recommended date was the second Saturday in June . |
| 11 | At 6.30 pm I leave for home and a quick shower before going to the darts match and a few beers . |
| 12 | Some changes were made and a few concessions were wrung from the government . |
| 13 | ‘ Wait but a few moments here for me , ’ she said more gently , ‘ for I must make my farewell to the Lady Percy , who has been more than kind to me . ’ |
| 14 | The experience left her physically and emotionally drained and a few months later she returned to hospital for a hysterectomy . |
| 15 | Next , myself , a little shaken and a few scratches , and lastly Sgt. Storrie , who seemed okay . |
| 16 | You can hardly believe that a few stretchsuits and some nappies can possibly cost as much as they say , but nine months and a lot of shopping trips later , you will have been forced to accept that your new addition has managed to tip the scales severely in the debit direction . |
| 17 | Now it happened that a few days earlier Jones had called up Lee R. Phillips , an attorney associated with Brigham Young University , in order to file a patent arising from his muon-fusion work . |
| 18 | Yeah , just as a , as a side issue , I am interested that they 've been growing plum tomatoes because each year I hear of more and more people growing plum tomatoes successfully in this country and while we are just on the subject of diseases and things to control them , you may remember that a few weeks ago we were giving advice on how we should dispose of waste garden chemicals and , and we said you ought to pour it down an outside drain . |
| 19 | Mr. Eames will no doubt be pleased to hear that a few foxhunters are killed every year in falls . |
| 20 | ( The first Yugoslav report of unrest in Shkodër had appeared on Dec. 19 , when a Serbian newspaper claimed that a few days earlier there had been an anti-government demonstration involving " a large number of people " . |
| 21 | Out of his family 's travails he helped to make a fastness of domestic security — Cis , Ifor and the barricades of brothers , sisters , cousins , aunts , ever-open houses … out of the outwardly unpromising landscape of a war-battered , low-waged steel , coal and chapel culture he took a fine voice , musical knowledge , a skill in many sports , a love for learning : and he never forgot that a few shillings would and did make the difference between dignity and pity , poverty and decent comfort . |
| 22 | But I fancied feeling the long hard pressure of ocean waves against our hull and , though we were short-handed , I reckoned that a few days out of sight of land would shake us all down quickly . |
| 23 | There was a lot of hand-clasping , cuddling and a few tears , some of them from Salome . |
| 24 | The following Spring , a still shaken Khrushchev called a group of writers to his dacha outside Moscow and told them that the Hungarian rising could have been avoided if a few writers had been shot in time . |
| 25 | You 've heard what happened when a few particles came into contact with the vagrant . |
| 26 | It had flown but a few hours in his ownership , and it might be available for a feature in Pilot . |
| 27 | His only children were a daughter , Lois , who survived him , and a son , Stanley Robert , who lived but a few days : both were by his first wife . |
| 28 | It is understood that a few days before his death the young airman shot down a Dornier bomber . |
| 29 | The first alleges he set fire to clothing valued at £10 in Littlewoods store in Oxford city centre , the second alleges that a few minutes later he set fire to clothing worth about £100 at the Nicklebys store nearby . |
| 30 | I know that a few readers are now muttering ‘ sweated labour ’ under their breath ! |