Example sentences of "[vb base] [art] few [noun pl] at " in BNC.
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1 | Place a few stones at the bottom of small flowerpots ( or yoghurt cartons with a hole punched in the bottom ) . |
2 | But it , I , it 's only six ninety five and I thought if we had you know a few facts at our fingertips to say well that 's all rubbish you know . |
3 | As we move on from chatting to some cheerful and cheeky young kids with an impressive vocabulary ( even to a soldier ) , they throw a few stones at us and run away laughing . |
4 | Had he been in Whitechapel , Charlie would have been happy to run up and down the market from five in the morning to seven at night and still box a few rounds at the club , drink a couple of pints of beer and carry out the same routine the next day without a second thought , but when at nine o'clock the sergeant-major gave them a ten-minute break for cocoa he collapsed on to the verge exhausted . |
5 | We have a few difficulties at the moment because the fungus does not impart resistance to wear , particularly from heavy armoured vehicles ! |
6 | this , when we were round Tetleys at Toddington , er , you have a few drinks at the bar |