Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [verb] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | The coroner gently pushed the keeper out before him , took , out his purse and clinked a few coins into his hand . |
| 2 | After spending all morning talking to clients on the telephone , in place of lunch I nipped up to the golf club and played a few holes with one of the assistants . |
| 3 | I 've done nothing since Cape Town except swing a golf club and sink a few tins and I 'm enjoying myself . ’ |
| 4 | How would St Jerome shape up after he 'd caught a Dinky toy in the mouth and had a few handfuls of fettucine thrust into his armpit ? |
| 5 | Rincewind smiled politely at the stranger and tried a few words of Chimeran . |
| 6 | ‘ Right , lie down on the couch and answer a few of these questions , and we 'll see what we can do for you . |
| 7 | Cast on for a test piece and knit a few rows ending with the carriage at the right . |
| 8 | Cast on the usual number of stitches to form a test piece and work a few rows of stocking stitch ending with the carriage at the right . |
| 9 | However , for the best effects of all , turn off the main room light and have a few lamps in corners to read by and so on . |
| 10 | ‘ Geoff has been giving me a lot of help , having a look at my action and making a few minor adjustments . |
| 11 | Except ride round on a horse and pen a few articles when the mood took her . |
| 12 | Turning , he leaned against a rock and scribbled a few sentences — with the air of a man signing his own death warrant , I thought . |
| 13 | The setting sun glowed at the bottom of her half-acre garden , lightly gilding the fruit blossom with a pinkish-gold lustre and reflecting a few faint rays from the greenhouse windows . |
| 14 | Or have you ever needed a break from the pressures of work and paid a few pounds more to escape the holiday crowds ? |
| 15 | ‘ So they went up to the village pub and had a few drinks . |
| 16 | McShane , one of the driving forces behind the Hunger Marches of the 1930s , and Milligan , a founder member of the British Communist Party , hid in a pub and downed a few pints until a party of workers arrived from the Gorbals to rescue them . |
| 17 | He managed to keep working , paid for his board and lodging , helped her to look after the handicapped boy and did a few jobs around the house . |
| 18 | One day we were poking around in some sodden ashes by the rear exit and found a few slivers of celluloid with images on them . |
| 19 | He took up a pen and drew a few lines on a notepad — meaningless lines that irritated her as she watched . |
| 20 | There was no tension in him : when he was tense there was a rigidity in his neck muscles , a rigidity I 'd watched from the depths of the crowd during the brief day of his trial and seen a few times since , as at Nottingham . |
| 21 | Drape the map over the corner of the chest and make a few tears in it . |
| 22 | Jack had borrowed boots and skis for me and I stumbled out into the great outdoors and enjoyed a few hasty lessons down the snow-covered slopes of the mountain . |
| 23 | She disappeared back into the kitchen and returned a few minutes later carrying a very dirty and dusty bottle of wine . |
| 24 | So Leith left the two of them in the kitchen and found a few tidying-up jobs to do in the dining-room . |
| 25 | He has a couple of fields behind his cottage and keeps a few beasts . |
| 26 | I produce paper money and straighten a few notes . |
| 27 | At last both the sous and the stories ran out so I sold the cloak and gathered a few objects : bones , shards of pottery and the occasional rag . |
| 28 | The linnet lifted its beak and uttered a few melancholy notes as she opened the cage door . |
| 29 | After browsing in the local bookshop and buying a few necessities for the flat , I decided to leave for the course . |
| 30 | On his way home from college , he had managed to slip into the bookshop and grab a few quick words with Joe on the pretext of asking for a book , but the small , stout man could only tell him more or less what he already knew . |