Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The recent announcement that the National Gallery intend to establish a public relations department may improve the situation . |
| 2 | Now I want to lose a few pounds , ’ he says . |
| 3 | If you want to open a National Savings Investment or Ordinary Account at a post office , you will now be asked to give proof of your identity . |
| 4 | Well , let's look for a few moments this morning at one such incident when Jesus did do it and it 's in er , Mark chapter four , I want to read a few verses from there , Mark chapter four . |
| 5 | And I want to keep a few things to remind me of Billy . |
| 6 | First lessons involve learning a few words of ‘ sailspeak ’ . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The churn rate is now down to eleven percent , the result of positive action that we 've taken there and we expect to add a million homes during this year and the cable audience I am pleased to say is growing still very very slowly er but that should help as well . |
| 9 | ‘ I want to have a few words with you , John . |
| 10 | If you only want to raise a few seedlings in spring , and provide a humid atmosphere for some cuttings later , an unheated propagator will be adequate . |
| 11 | If you only want to take a few doors or windows back to bare wood for repainting , there are many other cheaper guns that would do the job . |
| 12 | Finally , I want to say a few words about the problems with our present laws , especially in relation to welfare . |
| 13 | Finally , I want to say a few words about the assumption of " slowly varying currents " in connection with the last example . |
| 14 | Second I want to say a few words about the efforts that have been made in the last twelve months to increase the G M B's role in the building and civil engineering industries and third I want to say something about the present serious situation in the building industry pay talks . |
| 15 | What I want to spend a few minutes on again this is something we 'll test tomorrow , right so I 'm giving you , training 's all about doing what do you think ? |
| 16 | Right , word full stop word Erm right , press return a few times then choose centering button and table , insert table , and now we 're going to have a table whe where I thought we could have a number and it can either be times or divide by something and then the answer , so we want how many columns ? |
| 17 | I just want to make a few pennies by selling some horseflesh . |
| 18 | I want to make a few suggestions to my right hon. and learned Friend the Chief Secretary about small businesses . |
| 19 | Well I agree with that but I want to make a few points first of all , because poll tax was tangled up with this . |
| 20 | And there were a few things that you mentioned as you were going through that a you know I just really want to make a few comments on really . |
| 21 | Most parents though tend to avoid a secret pirates cave where only members of the Pirates Club are allowed . |
| 22 | Oh and his wife 's got the first name too and the name of the his wife too and then you begin to you begin to put a few equations together . |
| 23 | ‘ We look to have a few problems , ’ he admitted yesterday . |
| 24 | Despite the over-arching presence of a sizeable clutch of masterstrokes , the Inspirals manage to deliver a few turkeys — ‘ This Is How It Feels ’ , for all its anthemic pretensions , still sounds like cloying Radio 2 fodder , and arty pieces like ‘ Flood ’ are prone to descend into unseemly pomposity . |
| 25 | I mean I remember reading a few bits in English but , you know , |
| 26 | A flashy piece of pop gothic from Joel Schumacher , Flatliners details the attempts of a group of brattish medical students ( Keifer Sutherland , Julia Roberts , Kevin Bacon etc ) to stop their hearts ( ‘ flatline ’ in medical slang ) , get revived a few minutes later , and in the process explore ‘ death ’ . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm sorry to keep you waiting , ’ he went on , ‘ but those of you who have been here before will know that I like to say a few words to break the ice before we get down to the real business of the weekend . |
| 28 | Just remember to take a few tins of things . |
| 29 | As statutory services continue to implement an equal opportunities policy these matters will need sensitive handling by social services . |
| 30 | The two of them decide to buy a disused police station and turn it into a hotel . |