Example sentences of "[verb] [art] few [noun pl] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Place a few stones at the bottom of small flowerpots ( or yoghurt cartons with a hole punched in the bottom ) . |
| 2 | ‘ And I think that if he has a few problems at Liverpool at first , he 'll hang on and try and make things work . |
| 3 | To show you what I mean , I have selected a few names at random from my local telephone directory and listed them , together with the image which sprang to my mind ( although yours might be completely different ) . |
| 4 | Fleischmann and Pons were seeing 25 per cent unaccounted-for heat sometimes and had not yet more than the hope of proving that there were neutrons proving fusion ; Jones claimed to have seen a few neutrons at levels which , while interesting for science and understanding aspects of the Earth , bore no large scale practical benefits — what use is a billionth of a watt ? |
| 5 | I even practised a few variations at home to see if the system could be improved . |
| 6 | His name was Roger , and he 'd made a few stabs at conversation in the course of the night . |
| 7 | Overworked officials in finance ministries rarely reject a whole list of potential projects ; they are much more likely to identify a few priorities at random , and pass on the donor to the line ministry , hoping for the best if and when the project is financed . |
| 8 | It is not really a good idea to buy a few packets at random in the hope that these will be the type of thing you need . |
| 9 | Zounds ! — I 'd like a few minutes at the bottom of her ! |
| 10 | The boy would spend a few weeks at a time with his father and when Sheila one day came to collect Scott , she mentioned that she felt she might well marry again . |
| 11 | ‘ I think Have I Got News For You is a very difficult show to do and we 're both lucky because we 've had a few goes at it , ’ says Merton . |
| 12 | Hotels shelter discreetly among refreshing pine trees or beside sumptuous sandy shores , and everywhere there is an opportunity to relax , to enjoy a wide variety of watersports or to play a few rounds at the 18-hole Is Molas Golf Club . |
| 13 | LAST WEEK I WANDERED off , rather against my better judgment , to kill a few hours at a thing called the Country Living Fair . |
| 14 | Nicky has no illusions about organic farming : ‘ We made a few mistakes at the beginning . |
| 15 | Yes , I made a few mistakes at first , like cutting up their slices of salami to the thickness of a sliced loaf . |
| 16 | The task the reader is set is rather like that of completing a jigsaw puzzle , where we are given a few pieces at a time , and have to keep guessing what the rest of the picture will be like . |
| 17 | But it , I , it 's only six ninety five and I thought if we had you know a few facts at our fingertips to say well that 's all rubbish you know . |
| 18 | I spent a few hours at house in Delhi , before leaving on Sunday 28th November to catch the 03.45 flight to London . |
| 19 | Very often , Western copyright and patent holders are more interested in exporting a few products at high prices than in selling licences or granting permissions at prices that Third World countries can afford . |
| 20 | Right so we can have a few trophies at Oxford this season anyway Bernard . |
| 21 | ‘ Great , ’ he reiterated , ‘ sampled a bit of the local night-life , lost a few francs at the gambling tables , and then found that we could n't drag ourselves away from each other , so we spent the night in a hotel . ’ |
| 22 | So erm they 're sort of having a few words at the moment . |
| 23 | Of course , it 's Bonfire Night , so if you 're off to a display or just having a few sparklers at home , have a great evening . |
| 24 | And then of course er when I got to New York we were quite friendly with all the people on the boat you know that made great friends with some of them and er I had two or three places to go , I had spent a few days at the World Fair and then I flew down to Washington and er then I came back again . |
| 25 | And that has ruffled a few feathers at Shire Hall . |
| 26 | After spending a few days at Snaefellsness , our final goal was the fabulous Lake Mývatn . |
| 27 | ‘ It was a very shaky area and we had one or two incidents with tribes who buzzed a few spears at us ’ , said Mark as he inhaled deeply on another cigarette . |
| 28 | Those of the nightshade , tomato and several other plants , however , do so through a small opening at the tip , through which the pollen falls a few grains at a time . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | It was a good idea to loft a few garryowens at their defence , but it was a tactic that was over-used . |