Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb -s] a [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He seized her hands in his , and mindful of her enthusiastic response to his advances a few weeks ago , took her in her arms and planted a kiss on her cheek . |
| 2 | He got out of the car and went up and down on his haunches a few times to ease some of the stiffness from his legs , then started to walk the mile or so back to the hotel gates . |
| 3 | In her incisive essay she nips a few Icons of Feminist Art Theory in the ankle . |
| 4 | She traces the roots back in time ; she covers some of the more obvious ground ( with chapters on Happy Mondays , the Stone Roses etc ) ; she rights some wrongs ; she flirts with some myths ; she gives a platform to some of the previously unsung instigators ; she dumps a few reputations ; and , though imperfect , it 's as reliable a guide to current Manchester music as you are likely to get . |
| 5 | First , Matthew 's secretary , the girl who works in the office next door , turned up for work as usual this morning ; she lives a few miles out and she knew nothing of what had happened . ’ |
| 6 | She has a few men friends at the moment : ‘ They 're all special ’ , she smiles . |
| 7 | At last , in Europe , where ‘ nobody expects you to be more than you are ’ , she finds a few answers . |
| 8 | A naive bee carried to the feeder from the hive and placed on the food source will circle repeatedly after taking on a load of sugar water as if ‘ studying ’ the source , and yet when she returns a few minutes later she will be unable to choose the correct feeder colour . |
| 9 | Having finished , she descends a little way down the twig and then lays another batch . |
| 10 | Last year for the first time we were charged £10.58 for an audit certificate — something District Audit assure me takes a few minutes to complete and is provided free of charge by most banks . |
| 11 | Unlike the ancient hill paintings the abstract pan does n't have any great meaning … the artists just hope it turns a few heads . |
| 12 | Though it involves a few minutes ' paperwork , a worthwhile exercise is to jot down your own personal list of pros and cons , under the headings : ‘ spending now ’ and ‘ spending later ’ . |
| 13 | Also known as Alphabet City , or Loisaida to the Hispanics whose numbers dominate the area , it lies a few blocks north of Little Italy , the spiritual home of the Mafia , and a few blocks south of the East Village , where New York beatniks gave birth to our modern global drug subculture . |
| 14 | " Well , " Graham said slowly , deciding he had better say something nice , " it 's good , but perhaps it needs a little work . " |
| 15 | The liquid is now officially called beer but it needs a few days further conditioning in the brewery , to purge some of the rough alcohols , before it is ready to leave for the pub . |
| 16 | I feel it needs a few points tidied up such as data entry checking , i.e. only allowing a maximum of 8 characters to be typed into a date field and being able to press Esc to return to menu at any time during data entry . |
| 17 | ‘ It needs a few gallons of hot soapy water too ! |
| 18 | Er there 's mine needs a few bits and bobs I ca n't do it though cos I have n't got enough money . |
| 19 | With Serafin back in Oxford and Mrs Padmore hard at work on the tapes he has a little time on his hands . |
| 20 | ‘ And I think that if he has a few problems at Liverpool at first , he 'll hang on and try and make things work . |
| 21 | He has a few swigs and then . |
| 22 | He has a few years on me — maybe ten — and sometimes he treats me like the son he never had . |
| 23 | For he has a few ideas of his own . |
| 24 | He has a few suggestions for those tempted to try aerial photography . |
| 25 | I think he needs a few drinks ! ’ |
| 26 | It has a former Friends of the Earth director as a policy adviser and it donates a penny to charity for every returned plastic carrier bag — two ways in which J. Sainsbury is setting out its stall as a leader on environmental issues . |
| 27 | Providing it does not clog filter intakes , it has a few things going for it : it can act as a curb on nitrate and phosphate levels , provide shelter for any overlooked fry and even supplement the fish 's diet in holiday periods . |
| 28 | While Vadinamia will never be a rival to any of the known holiday-resort worlds , it has a few things to offer by way of amusement . |
| 29 | It has a few houses and shops , even a post office . |
| 30 | He says a few lordships are cursing his name because it ca n't be helping them to survive . |