Example sentences of "[verb] a few [noun pl] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , you will need a few bits and bobs to get started , but Pat can provide a list . |
| 2 | ‘ I entered a few eisteddfods and competitions and did the exams but that was as far as I went . |
| 3 | But there are other less obvious savings which can be taken into account if you are prepared to write a few letters and fill out a form or two . |
| 4 | We did so , heaving and pushing until the bed moved a few inches and I saw the slight scorch mark on the stone floor beneath . |
| 5 | Even in the 1980s a troupe could be performing a highly individual routine in the most modern style but they only had to link arms , synchronize a few kicks and the audience would break into spontaneous applause . |
| 6 | Throw some washing in , press a few buttons and try it out . |
| 7 | Erm one of the problems fish have on this is that they lay their eggs in gravel or something like that and where males have their own nest sometimes another male comes along and er takes it over , hijacks it piracy and interestingly enough what happens in those situations a pirate male will come in , displace the existing male from his nest and fertilize a few eggs and then buzz off . |
| 8 | But it was as I got into my teenaged years I began to get bored with my walk on roles , sitting around for hours waiting to go on with make-up and costumes on was no fun any more , but I was far too young to do anything else but walk on say a few lines and walk off again . |
| 9 | Preparing for this Assembly involves much more than booking a few halls and sending out invitations . |
| 10 | Why do n't you wait a few hours and see if he gets what you need from Blagg ? ’ |
| 11 | Throughout the next two years I had lost interest in the game I would wait a few months and then in a space of a week I would go and have a few games it was n't until 1993 early January that I started playing regularly again I was determined to get a handicap and play in a few competitions sometime that year . |
| 12 | Some day the boffins 'll make games with massive levels , innovative features , loads to see and do , much more than blasting a few planes and balloons . ’ |
| 13 | - British Rail issue a new timetable and you have a nasty suspicion that they have juggled it around so that they have deleted a few trains and cut out that convenient late night one , and you look for your old timetable to check but it has gone with the wind . |
| 14 | Picked a few parcels and wrappers to Marks and Sparks . |
| 15 | Well there 's another lad he 's been ill in health he 's worked more now than he ever has cos he used to work a few days and lose a few days and he was n't . |
| 16 | mhm And I suppose in the old days if you actually wanted to know which books were popular and which books were not used at all , you had to a library and to painstakingly look through the shelves , perhaps , and look at the date stamps or something like that , whereas now presumably it 's just a question of pressing a few buttons and the information comes . |
| 17 | mhm And I suppose in the old days if you actually wanted to know which books were popular and which books were not used at all you had to send a librarian to painstakingly look through the shelves , perhaps , and look at the date stamps or something like that , whereas now it 's presumably just a question of pressing a few buttons and the information comes . |
| 18 | Such excitements are rare ; The Hague has a few clubs and theatres and it will soon have its own ballet company , but for the most part the Hagenaars , as the residents are known , spend their evenings at home and retire at a respectable hour . |
| 19 | The team has a few ifs and buts about it . |
| 20 | It has a few houses and shops , even a post office . |
| 21 | He has a few swigs and then . |
| 22 | Er there 's mine needs a few bits and bobs I ca n't do it though cos I have n't got enough money . |
| 23 | So Melanie would unpack a few things and go to bed early , herself . |
| 24 | But her host 's calm demeanour as he scribbled a few notes and went on to the next call calmed her fears . |
| 25 | You can expect a few difficulties and the occasional setback . |
| 26 | I then added a few aerobics and , together with some great music , the new Intensive Stretching and Aerobic Programme was complete . |
| 27 | Since I was one of the first to awaken , my noise was far from popular , and I received a few kicks and blows from my neighbours , in their kindly efforts to speed my recovery . |
| 28 | However , we agreed that self-help schemes could only bring a few jobs and that a central demand should still be that the state provide jobs . |
| 29 | An initial inspection of the loco , still in impeccable condition externally , has revealed a few problems and it is hoped that the Standard will be back in service sooner than the two to three years expected for overhaul . |
| 30 | No , nan and granddad can bring one lot up and my mum and dad can fetch a few bits and then just keep bringing bits back , I mean |