Example sentences of "[vb base] [art] few [noun] and " in BNC.
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1 | Even in the 1980s a troupe could be performing a highly individual routine in the most modern style but they only had to link arms , synchronize a few kicks and the audience would break into spontaneous applause . |
2 | Throw some washing in , press a few buttons and try it out . |
3 | Erm one of the problems fish have on this is that they lay their eggs in gravel or something like that and where males have their own nest sometimes another male comes along and er takes it over , hijacks it piracy and interestingly enough what happens in those situations a pirate male will come in , displace the existing male from his nest and fertilize a few eggs and then buzz off . |
4 | But it was as I got into my teenaged years I began to get bored with my walk on roles , sitting around for hours waiting to go on with make-up and costumes on was no fun any more , but I was far too young to do anything else but walk on say a few lines and walk off again . |
5 | write , it 's now I have to ache , I , I wait a few minutes and then I , go on again when me hands had a rest |
6 | ‘ Just wait a few months and we will go as tourists . ’ |
7 | Everlast has made much in recent interviews of HOP 's lack of meaning — they 're just regular guys who enjoy a few bevvies and like to get laid , they do n't pretend otherwise , and no-one should come to them expecting anything else . |
8 | We shall not attempt a complete classification of the different possibilities for using graphics but simply give a few examples and point out some general possibilities and dangers . |
9 | Well there 's another lad he 's been ill in health he 's worked more now than he ever has cos he used to work a few days and lose a few days and he was n't . |
10 | ‘ Yes , you know , as in go into a pub and order something in a glass and eat a few nuts and so on . ’ |
11 | However , all the system manages to do is create 32Kb of High RAM ( D800-DFFF ) , load a few bits and pieces up there and leave me with 550Kb available in Conventional memory . |
12 | Pass a few exams and I 'd do lots of shows and festivals when I 've won money for my dance school . |
13 | You get a few aches and pains |
14 | Just get a few odds and ends like you know |
15 | Skipper Andy Townsend , another Norwich old boy said : ‘ If we can get them all back fit again , get a few wins and the confidence going , there 's no reason why we ca n't get up there . ’ |
16 | My father will go to the cash and carry every week , and perhaps he 'll pop into into Tesco 's or something and get a few bits and pieces , so we got a lot in the fridge , but it 's not a lot of variety . |
17 | I generally fish with a short hair for barbel , about ½ inch , but soon lengthen this if I get a few bites and do n't hit them . |
18 | A London consortium took over Springfield Park last week , installed businessman Michael Morris on the board and issued specific instructions to Chief Executive Brian Hamilton : ‘ Get a few results and move us up the Second Division table . ’ |
19 | He 'll go out , tell a few jokes and get people in a responsive mood . |
20 | ‘ Pack a few things and get on a plane . ’ |
21 | Stay a few days and visit a few places , drink more wine , eat more pasta and then go . |
22 | But rather to join in the search for new ways forward for the common future of our society and I suggest you might do worse than try a few committees and working groups on pragmatic coalitions , collaborative democracy and local community . |
23 | Ie you choose a few players and you work out your result depending upon how those players did on saturday . |
24 | Do a few products and then , leave them for a few days and go back and integrate them . |
25 | What I 'll do when I get home is probably do a few jobs and then watch the film . |
26 | I 've done nothing since Cape Town except swing a golf club and sink a few tins and I 'm enjoying myself . ’ |
27 | Ah she does , aye , aye no , and she says you know , answer a few questions and all that , would I like to take part in a sur survey of how the English language is getting used ? |
28 | ‘ Aah 've a few bits and pieces ti buy , but after that there 's nowt much in my line 'ere . ’ |
29 | The biographical sources mention a few facts and anecdotes attributable to this period , among them the fact that toward the end of his life he was afflicted with ophthalmia and became nearly or totally blind . |
30 | He has no time for the fair-weather aid groups , who will only go to Romania in the summer and is annoyed by those who deliver basic supplies , take a few pictures and never return . |