Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [verb] a [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Brown Owl needs to lose a few feathers for the summer |
| 2 | TWO scientists from Stirling University expect to shed a few tears at tonight 's United Kingdom premiere of a Hollywood film that tells the extraordinary story of Augusto and Michaela Odone 's love for their son Lorenzo . |
| 3 | Arrange to visit after the programme has had a few weeks to run . |
| 4 | At just 7 stone 7 , Sam Benham wo n't be rocking the Oxford boat , but her call up as cox has caused a few ripples and waves down on the Thames . |
| 5 | The defendant had moved a few weeks before to another address in the same town , but this fact was not discovered at the time . |
| 6 | Sometimes the photographs seemed exactly the same , or so it appeared until , somewhere in the frame , I would realise that a rock had rolled a few feet or yards , a tree was missing , a scarp subtly altered , and one had the sense of some immensely leisured , tranquil calibration of infinity . |
| 7 | My term had ended a few days before the start of Crispin 's leave , so we had agreed to travel up separately , and meet on Moila itself . |
| 8 | United then began to pile men forward as they had to , Simpson causing problems down the left , Phillips again in mid-field winning a lot of ball , but of course United leaving a few gaps at the back , and just before the finish , four minutes before the finish , that man Gascoigne put the game beyond United 's reach , giving Spurs a four two victory . |
| 9 | The Chancellor has shifted a few factors around , that 's all . |
| 10 | During the previous day a major naval battle had ensued a few miles to the east , and had continued into the night — the ‘ Battle of Matapan ’ ; a resounding defeat for the Italian Fleet . |
| 11 | Still , it appeared her advent had summoned a little luck into his life , for suddenly they began to discover plentiful growths of grass potatoes , forest leeks and turtle-berries , a welcome change from the stringy little rabbits and bitter roots they had eaten until then . |
| 12 | One English girl had fallen a few yards behind her companions and , as thirty spectators looked on , lost her daysack , with its camera , cash and diary , in a tug-of-war with the thief . |
| 13 | Following the reorganisation of the Assessment Services Department , the Field Officer team has seen a few staffing changes . |
| 14 | Confidence wins battles ; even false confidence has won a few . |
| 15 | The Platoon Sergeant loads the necessary extinguishers and fire-fighting equipment into the back of a vehicle and they speed off The accident has occurred a few hundred metres from the Turkish depot in which ammunition is stored for the Force . |
| 16 | Mudhoney 's move from hardcore grunge to quite melodic ( with a serrated edge ) pop has caused a few followers to bail out in search of more ‘ serious ’ stuff . |
| 17 | Unlike the classic 24-hour race , however , the group did snatch a few hours sleep . |
| 18 | She had got over their love affair before she agreed to marry Fred , although the young man 's sudden appearance had stirred a few very pleasant memories for her . |
| 19 | The 34-year-old ex-British Open champion has bought a former hotel at Dolphinton , Strathclyde , which he plans to convert into a luxury mansion . |
| 20 | They left the house by the same route by which they had entered , though had not gone far when her escort stopped to exchange a few words with an odd-job man who was undertaking a minor repair near some outbuildings . |
| 21 | Mercifully , I was able to complete all I had to do within a very few days and I wondered whether the Sheikh had put a few words in the right ears . |
| 22 | Gerry Fitt reiterated the point about Czechoslovakia ( the Soviet invasion had occurred a few days before ) . |
| 23 | The scientists who designed Turry 's remarkable suit have made a few alterations . |
| 24 | The result is likely to be closer relationships between customers and suppliers , which could be good news : Japanese companies such as Honda Motor tend to choose a few preferred suppliers and stick with them , rather than playing the field , and this policy seems to have paid off handsomely . |
| 25 | Bon Jovi 's layoff did have a few positive spin-offs for Sambora , providing him with the chance to do his long-planned solo album . |
| 26 | His father had asked a few questions , and looked grave . |
| 27 | It was not completely unknown because my father had let a few art lovers see it , and , later on , some researchers into Modigliani . |
| 28 | I often took it with me when going to the allotment and felt very grown up on the return journey if my father had put a few vegetables in it . |
| 29 | The constant mortaring and shelling of the area had dislodged a few of the corpses and the flies and mosquitoes were everywhere . |
| 30 | On our drizzly recce day another stunning ‘ climb-me ’ crackline had got a few hearts fluttering — a beautiful , curving hand crack as a main course , a direct finish for dessert and a few spaced rings for spice . |