Example sentences of "[pers pn] a [adj] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 I have meant to write to you a hundred times during the last three weeks but at all hours of the day I have been busied with teaching and beating and supervising footballings until when at last after all the animals were caged up and I at last had some peace , I have been too sad & too weary to write anything .
2 Lot number sixty seven Lot sixty seven is another one there we are , that one showing for you a hundred pounds for this , and ten , twenty , at one hundred and thirty , forty one hundred and forty is bid and selling for one hundred and forty pounds , anybody else at one for one fifty , one sixty going on sir ?
3 I may have to send you a hundred miles to Aberdeen .
4 He says to her aye , he says , I could tell you a few things about Fiona that 'll make your hair curl .
5 ‘ He is fully committed for several weeks ahead , but he could spare you a few minutes at the end of his list one day . ’
6 ‘ We would like to ask you a few questions about Andrew Livesey .
7 ‘ I just wanted to ask you a few questions about your neighbour , Gladys Brown .
8 ‘ Constable Aplin and I came here to ask you a few questions about a certain matter .
9 So I 'd like to ask you er , I 'll move on and ask you a few questions about places you 've lived in the past .
10 Had I an opportunity I should have great pleasure in giving you a few hints on this subject which might not be useless .
11 We , in return , had better give you a few tips on how to behave in a Grenadier battalion or you 'll come badly unstuck . ’
12 Let me give you a few tips on how to make your pockets bulge …
13 Dangerous thing to say we 've already said , but preparing notes is lastly down to yourselves , I might give you a few tips on that .
14 ‘ Maybe the Commander could give you a few tips for your essay , ’ he said .
15 ‘ Cheer up , ’ he went on , ‘ I 'll bring you a few cigarettes in a minute when Arthur 's opened the gate . ’
16 erm fucking indoor murder ball , the seat , cushion and stuff like that , its fucking well out of order piss up games oh that 's right I think we played in , I think we played , you know that British bull dog thing ? , we managed to clear all the fucking the nappy chair this and the chairs out the way , we were playing this British bull dog sort of thing and the only thing , the only , the only difference was when you got caught , got , everybody was fucking giving you a few thumps in the arm , for good measure like , and we played about four of this and every time this cocky little son of a bitch did n't get caught , he was always the last person , so we fucking said , we said , me and this other guy 's that are in our troop and that er , we said right we 'll get him , so when , when everybody sort of go for it right just after the one person in the middle , said fucking just get this guy and fucking pin him down and do something to him right , we did n't , I think we said we 'd just get him , yeah that 's a good idea , so he 's gone right go and his mate he 's fucking took off two steps and there 's eight of us fucking dived on top of him , what the fucking , he 's struggling , get off you cunt so we pinned him down and at first we was just going to de-bag him in front of the women , we 've taken his boots off and his trousers and that and shave his bollocks , yeah the whole fucking yeah , it was like an audience , all that they sort of gathered up the chairs and the tables fuck have his bollocks shaved .
17 I will offer you a few examples of what this means for the British Library , in particular in its role as the provider of sources for historical research .
18 Let me give you a few examples of the way in which our departments work .
19 If I mention them and then perhaps give you a few examples of the sort of facilities which erm which we have available .
20 ‘ I could tell you a few tales about yon place , ’ she remarked , jerking her head in the direction of Dudley House .
21 We 've used both Danish Blue and Lurpak in our recipes to show you a few ways of bringing a flavour of the Continent to your cooking .
22 It is very heated and more than anything else I have done would take me a million miles from the safety of Ramsay Street , ’ she said .
23 Firstly , may I thank Mr Bence and the editors for allowing me a few lines in which to formally meet you all .
24 Could he drop me a few grams on credit ?
25 He promised to bring me a few notes from which I could prepare a draft but he never did . ’
26 Michel 's told me a few things about himself ; he comes from a family of lawyers and administrators .
27 I 'm sorry to intrude on you at this hour , but if you can give me a few minutes of your time you may be able to help me , and I 'll be very much obliged . ’
28 ‘ He was kind enough to give me a few minutes after Evensong yesterday . ’
29 I would be most grateful if you could spare me a few moments of your time . ’
30 I 'm sure you can spare me a few moments of your time . ’
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