Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A 230 ton barge has been encountering a few problems on its journey up the River Wye . |
| 2 | I have been preaching a few times and invitations are coming in , so it is good experience for me . |
| 3 | Richard had only been climbing a few months , but he was as strong as an ox and had no respect for tradition ( he did n't know all the horror stories ) . |
| 4 | If you are replacing a few boards in an existing floor , and have brought them from a timber yard , do n't come home and fit the boards straight away . |
| 5 | The grandparent could have been living a few houses away . |
| 6 | Er we 're getting a few bodies back into the team emptying the treatment room and and things are looking a lot better . |
| 7 | so if you 're staying a few nights some get some saved up do n't you ? |
| 8 | ‘ We both know the gentleman concerned and we 're not very happy about the way things are going so we 're making a few enquiries of our own . ’ |
| 9 | Its twenty five years since the folk rock band Fairport Convention first got together and this year they 're planning a few suprises , but one of the stars will be missing . |
| 10 | Many of the houses bear handwritten notices offering manicure/pedicure , basic literacy , hairdressing ; some are selling a few tins of Coca-Cola , candy , combs and trinkets . |
| 11 | When you 've been having a few beers , and clowning around having a bit of a larf , and then you go onstage and sing earnest , sensitive songs full of emotion and heartbreak and loneliness , do you ever feel like fakes ? |
| 12 | Actually I 've been doing a few things this year when no one has recognised me and nobody knew . |
| 13 | She 'd been spending a few days ' holiday in Sicily , with her friends Penny and Devlin . |
| 14 | When he got back to London , he could perhaps pretend that he had been spending a few weeks in Hawthornden Castle on one of their writers ' scholarships . |
| 15 | Hmm well you 've been giving a few answers yourself over the last few weeks . |
| 16 | ‘ Obviously I 'm pleased that I 'm getting a few winners , ’ he told me , ‘ but I would still like to have more mounts . |
| 17 | Bob said yesterday : ‘ I 'll be sharing a few gags with the lads . |
| 18 | Just as the Prime Minister , or whoever briefed him , will be doing a few months after that when he tells the House that the report that Summerchild was working on was the comparability study which has since been published . |
| 19 | Greg Downs will be having a few words with his defence about long high balls … corners and free kicks … |
| 20 | Greg Downs will be having a few words with his defence about long high balls … corners and free kicks … |
| 21 | He says you 're expecting him , that you were informed he would be coming a few months ago . |
| 22 | Just say , ‘ I 'm having a few friends round to dinner . |
| 23 | I 'm having a few friends in on Saturday evening , along with some new acquaintances , and I 'd like you all to come . ’ |
| 24 | the third was a blockbuster … a rocket of a free kick … 3-1 to Peterborough … manager Denis Smith could be making a few changes before long … |
| 25 | I agree with your correspondent 's sentiments regarding the Forth Road Bridge and the removal of the tolls , but he will only be arriving a few minutes earlier at Edinburgh 's infamous Barnton roundabout tailback , which I believe can only be resolved by switching transport policy away from cars and road freight . |
| 26 | ‘ Some of the people who have been having a go at Steve are n't fit to tie his shoelaces , ’ retorts Foster , who has been imparting a few words of wisdom to Cram as a former miler-turned-European 5,000m champion himself . |
| 27 | Susan had been taking a few items of clothing from a chest of drawers to a suitcase open on the bed . |
| 28 | ‘ I 've been hearing a few things about this boy that s come to live at Beech Place . |
| 29 | A training centre which specialises in courses on drilling and production technology for the oil industry has itself been learning a few lessons over the past 12 months . |
| 30 | ‘ Sounds as if you 've been making a few plans , Mr Calder ! ’ |