Example sentences of "[conj] [vb infin] a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Popular newspapers were able to find or invent a few examples of ‘ frivolous ’ applications for dentures or spectacles . |
| 2 | Surely such lazy car drivers who park directly beside bus stops rather than walk a few yards to a shop , should be prosecuted before a fatal accident results from their thoughtless actions . |
| 3 | This is not a criticism of the theories in themselves , but if discourse analysis is to incorporate them , and to demonstrate their relevance to the language learner , it will need to test their value in interpreting language which has actually occurred ; to select what is relevant from context rather than invent a few elements of it ; to account for writing as well as speech , and to account for discourse where there is no constant feedback from the receiver who may not even be present . |
| 4 | And they would all come through and stay a few nights with |
| 5 | One evening , David , Barry , Christina and John Hutchinson were all sitting in my front room and talking about what we could actually do to earn some money It was suggested that we might go down to one of the local pubs which held regular jazz nights , to see if they had an evening free and perhaps we could run a folk club just one evening a week and maybe charge people to come in and make a few pennies for ourselves . |
| 6 | The reason he slipped out was to phone and make a few arrangements for them . |
| 7 | Even asset-strippers had to relax and pursue a few hobbies from time to time … |
| 8 | That year , Edinburgh hosted the Commonwealth Games and Stevenson won the contract to design and market a commemorative games tartan . |
| 9 | It 's the sort of film you can sit and watch a few times . |
| 10 | What I needed was a solid holder that would n't let pencils bend or break , and a retainer that would expand and contract a million times . |
| 11 | But er we shall be without him for the next fortnight erm so somebody 'll have to come in and score a few goals for us but often you know , you discover things that erm you never knew were there when you have to fill in gaps that have suddenly arisen . |
| 12 | Erm I 'm just trying to think we really want to try and fit a few lessons into the holiday if you can it 's up to you fit in . |
| 13 | Research is a sophisticated modern service and it is used increasingly by public relations consultancies to help them define and create a public relations programme . |
| 14 | Okay , let's let's try and clarify a few points as we go along . |
| 15 | BELFAST jockey Pat McWilliams is beginning to settle down and ride a few winners since he returned from England before Christmas facing an uncertain future . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Occasionally , when she came over from England with Neil , they 'd go out and take a few pigeons on a Sunday morning , but his heart was n't in it . |
| 18 | They are encouraged to try and take a few steps back and be a little more objective with themselves . |
| 19 | All he had to do was get up and walk a few steps and he could escape it all . |
| 20 | Of particular interest are the conditions under which government , employers and unions are able to formulate and operate a viable incomes and prices policy which lowers the rate of inflation and stimulates renewed economic growth . |
| 21 | About fifteen minutes later Sergeant Briggs entered Jane 's room , we 'll take him back to the station and tomorrow we 'll go around and ask a few questions . |