Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | CROSS A FAST TYPIST WITH A WINDOWS WORD PROCESSOR AND THE CHANCES ARE YOU 'LL SEE SOME WAILING AND GNASHING OF TEETH AS THE PROGRAM CHUGS ALONG A FEW PACES BEHIND THE USER . |
| 2 | Sam Baker QC ( almost ) from number 113a had suggested that he ‘ bring along a few bottles of my Australian Chardonnay ’ but no one could face the prospect of being talked through another glass of uniquely flinty , resonantly expressive Murray River Chardonnay by Sam Baker QC ( almost ) . |
| 3 | Two thousand years ago a sex manual written in China laid down a few guidelines for gauging a woman 's sexual characteristics from a careful study of her face . |
| 4 | The process is painfully laborious , but with every announcement , IBM Corp is getting closer to acquiring the competitive edge that is the difference between survival and oblivion in the Unix business , and yesterday the company filled in a few gaps in its RS/6000 line , the most challenging development being a wind up of the clock on the single-chip Rios processor to create a 45MHz Model 230 , which starts at just $4,800 . |
| 5 | The process is painfully laborious , but with every announcement , IBM Corp is getting closer to acquiring the competitive edge that is the difference between survival and oblivion in the Unix business , and last week the company filled in a few gaps in its RS/6000 line , the most challenging development being a wind up of the clock on the single-chip Rios processor to create a 45MHz Model 230 , which starts at just $4,800 . |
| 6 | I mean I 've filled in a few forms for them but I mean probably you 're a passive owner like me in the sense that I do n't go and actively trade them , er I keep them in a long term investment , and that 's it . |
| 7 | The festival is good for the economy , bringing in a million pounds to the area . |
| 8 | Bravd , galloping along a few feet away , nodded . |
| 9 | But one day he made the mistake , at least from his point of view , of bringing along a few tapes of his favourite soul and reggae music . |
| 10 | Jess said , climbing down a few rungs . |
| 11 | It helps to ask the client 's permission to jot down a few facts . |
| 12 | It is useful to jot down a few examples under each point as this aids understanding and memory . |
| 13 | When the temperature cooled down a few minutes later Gallacher headed to the referee 's dressing room to apologise . |
| 14 | I WAS IN the office checking over a few invoices and trying to locate the squeak on my swivel chair when the phone rang . |
| 15 | I tried to come off a few times , y'know , off me own bat , like , but there was too much of it around . |
| 16 | The dog moved off a few paces and turned back , wagging his tail anxiously . |
| 17 | ‘ Three bottles thrown out to sea and they just happen to meet up a thousand miles away . |
| 18 | This was back in 1988 , when Enrico Platter , head of children 's and youth programmes for WDR in Germany , proposed a 13-part series to the European Broadcasting Union ( EBU ) , and Ms Cann , then acting on behalf of Heinemann Young Books ) , publisher of the original Farthing Wood title , drew up a straightforward rights deal with WDR . |
| 19 | It is sometimes very difficult indeed not to be very cross , and there have been some occasions when I have had to go and chop up a few logs in order to abate my own aggression before replying . |
| 20 | He 's already picked up a thousand pounds tomorrow he 'll receive a copy of his short story — The Green Moustache , which er got him into the final along with the other eleven winning stories which are being published in an anthology , which is hot off the presses from the publishers Collins . |
| 21 | I think she 's picked up a few pointers , like how to chop an onion and how to dissolve an Oxo cube . |
| 22 | He 'd obviously picked up a few tips from the paperbacks , because he spun these stories out like a kid pulling on chewing-gum . |
| 23 | So it is n't a bad idea at this stage of the season for us to conjure up a few exercises to test receding intellectual fibre . |
| 24 | We could hang up a few politicians too. , ‘ There 's that farmer who used a plough with horses . |
| 25 | What I would like to do with the financi financial commentary , is because it is , is an historic document , I would like to pull out a few plums which we can team brief . |
| 26 | He staggered back a few steps and , massaging his face , mumbled in complete astonishment to nobody in particular : ‘ He hit me ! ’ |
| 27 | In his office an anxious Herr Nordern gouged out a few marks from unenthusiastic colleagues for a wreath for Steinmark 's funeral . |
| 28 | We welcome the proposal to try out a new Campaigns Unit for one year , but would stress : |
| 29 | Because this is England 's last match for at least 3 ½ months , Robson had to balance his desire to try out a few options with the need to retain the basic framework of his World Cup team . |
| 30 | I saw her knock back a few glasses but never saw her tight ! |