Example sentences of "[pers pn] made a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er er , I 've , er I just I 'm just saying that , er , that , that last year er , when I made a few remarks that they were misquoted by Reuters and we did leave the meeting and the share price dropped by er , several P and we had to send out a correcting statement so this year we 've taken the precaution of issuing a press release er , at the same time as er , er , I 'm making these remarks so I hope at least they wo n't be misinterpreted . |
| 2 | Now that was the point I made a few moments ago . |
| 3 | It 's going to cost you under thirty eight pounds , so I 've got a little bit of wei , leeway if I made a few mistakes . |
| 4 | Yes , I made a few mistakes at first , like cutting up their slices of salami to the thickness of a sliced loaf . |
| 5 | I made a few inquiries . |
| 6 | I made a few suggestions , creating chances , scoring goals , but it did not get through . |
| 7 | ‘ I made a few enquiries an' it 's up fer rent , ’ he called back . |
| 8 | ‘ When I got your letter , I made a few enquiries and discovered that you are intending to practise from Broom House . |
| 9 | Well , you know , I think it was a kind of sports bag or something and I thought oh I 'll go along with that and the other , I mean I had heard of them before and I made a few enquiries and they said , you know , you you were quite quality company so I thought |
| 10 | In a survey on shopping which I made a few years ago one of my student interviewers was questioning an old lady about the grocer 's shop she used . |
| 11 | She made a few attempts and found that she could not work , she could not even read . |
| 12 | Nicky has no illusions about organic farming : ‘ We made a few mistakes at the beginning . |
| 13 | Absolutely , just to make more points , they made a few things up , ex , absolutely . |
| 14 | We hear that they made a few proposals of an undetermined nature which we are sure do not involve recording contracts … lives of the rich and famous , eh ? |
| 15 | He made a few passes and the castle diminished and shrank , as you see it now , and he made a pass or two more and it was walled with glass as you see . |
| 16 | He made a few records under the name of Joe Ritchie . |
| 17 | I mean , he made a few comments a but nothing that anybody could tell . |
| 18 | Nevertheless he made a few feints out of sheer exuberance , suggested a turn with his hips , moved at right-angles to his forward path with no loss of speed , changed step three times in successive strides , kicking hard on the last change and accelerating away in the joy of being able to run for ever . |
| 19 | He made a few enquiries and was able to track down the thieves . |