Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] [pron] a [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Micky Danby is a pratt and I owe him a few scores meself . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I know what a few quid means . ’ |
| 3 | Nevertheless one can hardly hope to discuss knowledge in a language any less metaphorical than Descartes ' ( I have myself a few paragraphs back analogized not only to seeing but to ‘ glimpsing ’ and being ‘ illuminated ’ by a ‘ flash ’ , not only to clarity but to drawing a ‘ clear line ’ ) . |
| 4 | Not until you give me a few answers and do me the courtesy of telling the truth . ’ |
| 5 | There Roman time they , well as you know yourself a few hundred years they hope to find er nearly half of the world |
| 6 | ‘ Afraid your lords and masters will fire you if you allow me a few minutes to put the subject on hold ? ’ |
| 7 | Then they continue , they hand you the tape , you ask them a few questions , like what the band 's called , how long you 've been working together , and bla bla bla , and then erm , I think I I 'm actually doing it with Kent and James and they 're not thick . |
| 8 | It is possible to live with wild animals , if we give them a little space . |
| 9 | One chair at the bottom of the table was empty , and as I came in Dr Barton , with hardly more than a nod in my direction , indicated the chair and said sternly , ‘ You may sit , Doctor Masters , while we ask you a few questions . ’ |
| 10 | They give them a some of the information . |
| 11 | Maybe we should listen to our friends when they tell us a few home truths . |
| 12 | They do it a half hour later or an hour later and if that holds , erm I think they usually , you know , it 's always at least an hour |