Example sentences of "[verb] a few [noun pl] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even after adding a few extras such as salt £14 , a thermometer £1.25 and a hydrometer £3.50 , I was still left with a small margin . |
| 2 | I 've seen him play over the years er Mick , you know he 's er typical of player , we 've had him watched a few times this year , er scouts him er at Aston Villa , said he had a magnificent game . |
| 3 | A winter-flowering cherry , planted in memory of someone in a place I can not visit to water regularly , bit the dust last spring , but a replacement seems to have become established and even had a few blossoms this winter . |
| 4 | Given a few ideas either way on what a girl should do , I think family and friends should support her on her own decision . |
| 5 | so if you 're staying a few nights some get some saved up do n't you ? |
| 6 | There was a long silence , apart from the creaking of Mr Nightingale 's chair as he swung a few degrees either way , frowning down at his desk top . |
| 7 | Actually I 've been doing a few things this year when no one has recognised me and nobody knew . |
| 8 | Simply by filling in a form giving a few details such as variety of wheat to be grown , date of planting and previous cropping in the field , Davies and his colleagues can , with the addition of weather data fed in 365 days a year from 45 centres around the country , predict with unerring accuracy exactly when the farmer should spread his ‘ Nitram ’ to get the best results . |
| 9 | Recorders and Assistant Recorders are senior barristers or solicitors who sit as judges a few weeks each year . |
| 10 | I just have to read a few tabloids these days to get me going . |
| 11 | I suppose we must have a few cousins several times removed floating about somewhere or other , but I 've never heard of them . |
| 12 | We must try a few passes some time . ’ |
| 13 | Of these , in West Malaysia , two species roost singly in trees and ny short distances to feed upon trees which produce a few flowers all year round , and the third , Eonycteris spelaea , roosts , in large colonies in caves and can ny up to at least 35km from them to feed and take food from a wide range of flowers scattered in space and time . |
| 14 | JOE COONEY is determined to jog a few memories this afternoon at Croke Park . |
| 15 | ‘ We have only observed a few patches this week , ’ Fakhro said , ‘ most of it is still in the war zone ’ . |
| 16 | Yes , I think we defended quite well , obviously Ken erm is going to have a few saves each game anyway which I thought he done very well today . |
| 17 | It was good to spend a few days all together , we visited Falkland Place on Saturday pm , and it was fun to go to St Paul 's and St George 's to worship on Easter day . |
| 18 | If none of these ideas is possible , would she be willing to spend a few weeks each year in a home for the elderly or , if she is infirm , in a nursing home or a local National Health Service hospital ? |
| 19 | If I had not intervened on these pages to explain a few points this book ( or its opening section ) would be a gun aimed at my own temple . |
| 20 | We have a few problems this year . |