Example sentences of "[pers pn] a few [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He says to her aye , he says , I could tell you a few things about Fiona that 'll make your hair curl . |
| 2 | ‘ He is fully committed for several weeks ahead , but he could spare you a few minutes at the end of his list one day . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ We would like to ask you a few questions about Andrew Livesey . |
| 4 | ‘ I just wanted to ask you a few questions about your neighbour , Gladys Brown . |
| 5 | ‘ Constable Aplin and I came here to ask you a few questions about a certain matter . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Had I an opportunity I should have great pleasure in giving you a few hints on this subject which might not be useless . |
| 8 | We , in return , had better give you a few tips on how to behave in a Grenadier battalion or you 'll come badly unstuck . ’ |
| 9 | Let me give you a few tips on how to make your pockets bulge … |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ Maybe the Commander could give you a few tips for your essay , ’ he said . |
| 12 | ‘ Cheer up , ’ he went on , ‘ I 'll bring you a few cigarettes in a minute when Arthur 's opened the gate . ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Let me give you a few examples of the way in which our departments work . |
| 16 | If I mention them and then perhaps give you a few examples of the sort of facilities which erm which we have available . |
| 17 | ‘ I could tell you a few tales about yon place , ’ she remarked , jerking her head in the direction of Dudley House . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Firstly , may I thank Mr Bence and the editors for allowing me a few lines in which to formally meet you all . |
| 20 | Could he drop me a few grams on credit ? |
| 21 | He promised to bring me a few notes from which I could prepare a draft but he never did . ’ |
| 22 | Michel 's told me a few things about himself ; he comes from a family of lawyers and administrators . |
| 23 | 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 . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ He was kind enough to give me a few minutes after Evensong yesterday . ’ |
| 25 | I would be most grateful if you could spare me a few moments of your time . ’ |
| 26 | I 'm sure you can spare me a few moments of your time . ’ |
| 27 | Could you possibly spare me a few moments in private ? |
| 28 | If you feel like showing me a few pages in a day or two , I would be pleased , and I 'm sure your other readers out there would be fascinated by a full autobiography . |
| 29 | ‘ So he got me a few gigs round the Irish pubs , and I had to learn off some traditional Irish ballads quickly for the sort of audiences you got there certainly did n't want to hear me singing songs by James Taylor or Simon and Garfunkel . |
| 30 | Five minutes later , an Arab in a small blue van stopped and gave me a few kilos of tangerines . |