Example sentences of "add a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the large Gothic window of the chapel was replaced by a smaller one , and bay windows were added a few years later , it is still , in Pugin 's own words , ‘ the only modern building that is complete in every part in the ancient style ’ . |
| 2 | CROSBY , STILLS AND NASH , legendary '60s folk-rockers , have added a few dates to follow up their sold-out Albert Hall show at Dublin 's Point . |
| 3 | The old Apache Group , now restyled the Mips ABI Group , has added a few members ( current count is 16 ) and is going to stage a rally later this month to wheel out the promised ABI . |
| 4 | Here and there the doctor had added a few words . |
| 5 | But we 've added a few you see and we 're concerned about the spots . |
| 6 | and adds a few . |
| 7 | Declaring that she believed she was speaking for everyone , she expressed gratitude for the splendour of the hospitality provided by La Belle France , thanked the president personally , and added a few more words of the sort which well-brought-up people employ on such occasions . |
| 8 | When he could n't think of any more women in government , he added a few authors , actresses , athletes — ‘ Jane Fonda , ’ he muttered , ‘ Chrissie Evert , Dusty Springfield , Adriana Rich ! ’ |
| 9 | Under cross-examination I added a few more details about my supposed activities . |
| 10 | I then added a few aerobics and , together with some great music , the new Intensive Stretching and Aerobic Programme was complete . |
| 11 | The majority of the flowers and leaves in the design were chosen for their tones of silver and grey , but I added a few silvery pink flowers to give some additional colour and interest to the design . |
| 12 | I added a few small hydrangea florets to perfect the shape and add some depth to the range of colours used . |
| 13 | I then added a few alchemilla leaves to provide a contrast with the dark background . |
| 14 | Bonar Law added a few effective but unremembered sentences at the end . |
| 15 | Comfort bent her head again and added a few quick pencil strokes to her drawing . |
| 16 | He bought back as many as possible of those that his father had sold , and added a few more ; in 1971 he published a useful short account of the history of the collection , together with a handlist based on the latest critical opinion ; and he designed , and had woven in Spain , a carpet for the gallery , a room seventy-two feet long , with a pattern repeating the intricate stucco-work of the ceiling . |
| 17 | But the dressmaker had obviously decided it was too plain and added a few frills to liven it up a bit . |
| 18 | The grandma of the family added a few details about how she had starved and three of her children had died . |
| 19 | He fished a three-metre whip to take gudgeon steadily , and adding a few small perch for 2–11–8 . |
| 20 | The things you tell stories about to your friends afterwards , adding a few details here and there , until you suddenly realise you 've got a character . ’ |
| 21 | This brief has been fulfilled with distinction , and every three or four months for the past 20 years the office has produced an objective , well-documented , literate , and attractively presented booklet encapsulating the known facts about subjects ranging from suicide , rabies and heart disease , to the cost of running hospitals and what the public expects from the NHS , always adding a few percipient comments and conclusions of its own for good measure . |
| 22 | The methods of testing varies from kit to kit , but most consist of taking a sample of water and adding a few drops of the special reagent or tablet and giving it a shake . |
| 23 | To enhance the effects of the red shades , Richard suggests adding a few D.I.Y . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Again using improvisation as its ethos , the album once more finds Talk Talk sailing blissfully off into the unknown , each musician using their own initiative , steering the music through freeform jazz and contemporary classical music , Hollis occasionally adding a few lines of comfort and despair in his fragile and tender voice . |
| 26 | Adding a few seconds to your dev.time to allow for the stop , etc. would n't go amiss . |
| 27 | ‘ By adding a few more pounds to your overdraft ? ’ |
| 28 | ) Test the reagent by adding a few drops to small crystals of Na 2 SO 4 or K 2 SO 4 in a watch glass . |
| 29 | The curator of Edinburgh zoo has proposed adding a few specimens to the zoo collection . |
| 30 | Whether we should be saying and saying District Council be requested to amend the local plan as suggested in paragraph two four two nine five and then nu number two would be there adding a few words to the original number one . |