Example sentences of "[verb] a few [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The contrast painted between the intense , vibrant , imaginative life of the child outside school ( where at the end of the day the eight-year-old collapses into deep sleep a few seconds after rushing round ‘ being a lorry ’ ) and the drab , pointless monotony of his classes is as striking as it is disturbing . |
| 2 | Robert tried to marshal a few facts about twelfth-century Iran . |
| 3 | As I pointed out in the original review , this causes a few problems like the inability to switch players . |
| 4 | In the last phase of the shot the effect of impact causes a few cycles of vibration at a frequency of about 30 Hz . |
| 5 | It also provided a few snippets of absurd press . |
| 6 | In the near future I intend to expand this unholy alliance into a much larger tank and to try a few experiments with the set-up and some new species which I 'll no doubt relate if they 're successful . |
| 7 | Recently my own son was attacked a few yards from Princes Street . |
| 8 | I kept my fingers crossed figuratively during the first few months of our acquaintance that neither of us would be sent elsewhere on a permanent posting — permanent until demob , that is — because I had seen quite a few promising romances nipped in the bud by one or the other partner being whipped away by the unfeeling powers-that-be , and when a relationship is developing you do need a few weeks of togetherness to allow it to mature . |
| 9 | Some products and places provide a few exceptions to this pattern , as we shall discover in the next chapter , and there were considerable , if patchy and delayed , efforts towards ‘ re-industrialization ’ ( Chapter 10 ) , which created the estimated increase of manufacturing employment across all regions of the North from 1987 to 1989 , averaging 1.4 per cent , probably arrested by 1990 . |
| 10 | With the down fall in farming profits , it might be necessary to accept a few weeds in crops , or a low level of pest attack for economic reasons . |
| 11 | Mr. Leapor has put down a Grave-Stone in Memory of his Daughter ; and I should be glad if any of the ingenious Gentlemen you mention would be so good as to write a few Lines to be put upon it |
| 12 | Request : The Liberal ex-chief was asked to write a few words for ‘ Backroom Boys ’ , a book about ‘ men who distinguish themselves without excess , folk quite happy to take a pleasingly light and unimposing approach , and yet who nevertheless make a reasonably fair showing throughout life ’ . |
| 13 | 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 |
| 14 | He took up a pen and drew a few lines on a notepad — meaningless lines that irritated her as she watched . |
| 15 | In the area in which we are interested , there was a ‘ Sutton Garage ’ and a ‘ Sutton Depôt ’ , the latter actually being located a few yards across the boundary into Carshalton . |
| 16 | PAKISTAN batsman Salim Malik reckons that if the England Test team learn to play properly , they might win a few games of international cricket |
| 17 | Send a few pages for a free quotation . |
| 18 | He and his wife Shirley — who have a married daughter — will also buy a few things for the house with their summer windfall . |
| 19 | Keeping a few cards up your sleeve . |
| 20 | WINDY Loch Assynt lies a few miles from the coast , near the picturesque fishing village of Lochinver ; surrounded by a ridge of mountains eleven miles in length , none of which drop below 2,000 feet , crowned by Sutherland 's highest peak , mighty Ben More Assynt . |
| 21 | all I want out of this life is to meet a few men with something more between their ears than the latest Donna Summer hit . |
| 22 | Her death rated a few lines in the papers , but the full significance of her passing went unreported . |
| 23 | In the dream , but not in memory , a mist rose a few feet above the surface of the water like a veil over a familiar face . |
| 24 | So you 've obviously dropped a few marks on that . |
| 25 | I 've lifted a few sacks of taters in me time , but I do n't reckon to lift thee ! ’ |
| 26 | What d' ya think if someone says they want a few words with you what d' ya think 's going to happen ? |
| 27 | ‘ If you ask me , he simply wants a few moments in sane and pleasant company , away from the madhouse . ’ |
| 28 | We found a few examples of workers who had been in the uninterrupted employment of a single organisation long enough to qualify for dismissal protection and statutory redundancy compensation rights , but who still had temporary status . |
| 29 | One day we were poking around in some sodden ashes by the rear exit and found a few slivers of celluloid with images on them . |
| 30 | Even asset-strippers had to relax and pursue a few hobbies from time to time … |