Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] [vb base] a [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I merely set a few wheels in motion . ’ |
| 2 | In the court were twelve tiny cottages and I only remember a few of the families who were unfortunate enough to live there — the Pragnells , Goodfellows , Wheadons , Dears , Rattues and Dawkins . |
| 3 | However , I only put a few dozen sheets of paper through the machine , and two of them caught on the wire loop , which creased the paper and caused ink smudges where the machine was still printing . |
| 4 | I only live a few doors down the road from Derek and normally it would have taken me just a minute or two , but on this occasion it seemed to take ages . |
| 5 | It will take me six to eight matches to get fit — I 've played four so far so , hopefully , I only need a few more . |
| 6 | He said : ‘ I only have a few thousand invested , but it is very worrying when you can not get your money back , and there is no way of knowing how long it might be or how much I will get back . ’ |
| 7 | I only add a few words of my own out of deference to the contrary view expressed by my noble and learned friend , Lord Lowry , and to consider the cases on thefts from companies to which we were referred in the course of argument . |
| 8 | I just put a few things in the wrong place because I did n't read , you know , put them in too soon . |
| 9 | Just want to I just want a that will do me |
| 10 | I always keep a few in stock ( Rule 17A ) ; they 're cheap enough and ever so impressive in the morning afters . |
| 11 | I still have a few copies and am sending this one for you to see . |
| 12 | I also have a few old postcards if these are of any use . ’ |
| 13 | I also have a few big posters advertising the event . |
| 14 | If you only get a few ideas , you 've only got a few things to look at . |
| 15 | So , I , I think those sheets are fabulous , but you only need a few of them . |
| 16 | Usually , if the speed is low , you only have a few seconds either to lower the nose or to reduce the amount of airbrake to avoid a bad landing . |
| 17 | These wonderful , exotic recipes can be prepared ahead and then frozen — so you only have a few finishing touches to add |
| 18 | £50000 does not go very far in TV , except on one or two small regional stations ; it is quite difficult , as the cigarette companies find , to spend £1 million plus on a brand without using TV at all : if you only have a few hundred pounds to spend there are few press media in which you can consider full pages or even moderately large sizes . |
| 19 | Erm if they have n't then you just get a few ideas , got a graphics pack and you say well is this the sort of thing you want , well this is what the er the builder did last time . |
| 20 | And if you decide to distribute them then you 're going to need to help , so you just give a few to , and a few to you as well , we 'll get them distributed that way . |
| 21 | So you , well then you 'll still not know what you 're going out with because you still have a few days from last week to get . |
| 22 | Later I scanned Teletext as you usually get a few after match quotes appear . |
| 23 | Yeah but yo you always sell a few to take out do n't |
| 24 | She deliberately let a little silence grow between them . |
| 25 | You probably know a few . . |
| 26 | Deciding that discretion was the better part of valour , Davidson began : ‘ Aidan , you probably like a few pints ? ’ |
| 27 | By now , you probably have a few ideas of sights and scenes to visit . |
| 28 | All new managers recognise that , before you even get a few decent players in your team , you must first nip down to Ratners and buy yourself a really flashy pair of cufflinks . |
| 29 | Each year we naturally lose a few active teachers through ill-health , retirement or when having babies ! |
| 30 | 2 clubs that were not only fighting for European places , but are good enough to win the league , but we obviously need a few slip ups at Old trafford . |