Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] a few [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Representatives from as many relevant agencies as possible met a few times a year , and devised an agreed strategy for the inner area concerned . |
| 2 | His work affects me the same way — which is why I bought that painting a few years ago . |
| 3 | But I think the political climate on that changed a few years ago , when there was the big influx of heroin onto the market … . |
| 4 | The secure software company lost out on the US Navy 's Super Mini AFKAC 300 contract a few months ago after Planning Research Corp , the integrator and lead contractor , ‘ disinvited ’ it from its bid after teaming with Hewlett-Packard for the hardware , Sandone said . |
| 5 | The secure software company lost out on the US Navy 's Super Mini AFKAC 300 contract a few months ago after PRC , the integrator and lead contractor , ‘ disinvited ’ it from its bid after teaming with HP for the hardware , Sandone said . |
| 6 | but I hope however that he will be willing to go a few steps further . |
| 7 | This got a few whistles . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | As I pointed out in the original review , this causes a few problems like the inability to switch players . |
| 10 | This created a few problems as intense rivalry was felt between the children from the two towns . |
| 11 | Retention alone is not sufficient for comprehension , but without this mental black-board will be difficult to relate the meaning of one word to the meaning of another seen a few seconds later . |
| 12 | This caused a few gasps , as well it might . |
| 13 | In the early stages of her marriage she kept her maiden name but when this caused a few rumblings in Arkansas and Clinton lost his bid for re-election as governor in 1980 , she took his name and he was returned to office two years later . |
| 14 | When they stopped , sometimes at the junctions between seasons , Tallis could feel the flow of time , the great spiral storm that curled around some focus a few days ' riding to the north . |
| 15 | Every time he walked that 's him come back again and every time he stopped it stopped and this happened a few times and he was very scared and he thought he had better go and see what the noise was and anything well it was just a pet sheep tangled up in its tether . |
| 16 | It might be easier to use a few objects with clearly differentiated attributes as a starting point , but conversations of this kind can occur spontaneously in many activities . |
| 17 | Another keeps a few statistics but not many . |
| 18 | The differences in treatment of the authors was very apparent when we found that some selected a few headings and sub-headings and others sub-divided the subject much more . |
| 19 | Will this take a few weeks to take effect ? |
| 20 | This sent a few tremors through the market with the FT-SE Index closing more than 19 points adrift at 2750.7 . |
| 21 | Alright , number five then , Healthmaster is not available to , and this caused a few upsets as well , erm , A employed persons , well quite obviously it 's available to them . |
| 22 | Yes , worried folk were coming along from the Tower to Billingsgate , some carrying a few possessions . |
| 23 | Besides , the actor thinks movies should n't be afraid to push a few buttons . |
| 24 | But Tatum is not afraid to take a few knocks . |
| 25 | Sunderland travel to Cambridge , with Crosby saying : ‘ I want the players to go out and not be afraid to take a few risks . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ We call ourselves the Unifiers — an inner core of trade unionists who are prepared to take a few risks to get what we must for the majority . |
| 27 | 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 ? |
| 28 | of it er but I 'd rather be viewed on my own merits on my own worth er be willing to take a few risks in life erm and know that I 've got the rewards at the end of it for making a success . |
| 29 | and it was interesting to note a few groups apparently in their infancy , not all of which were in the larger authorities : |
| 30 | You usually like to keep things at the status quo , but today you could be willing to make a few changes . |