Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv prt] [art] few [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Sam Baker QC ( almost ) from number 113a had suggested that he ‘ bring along a few bottles of my Australian Chardonnay ’ but no one could face the prospect of being talked through another glass of uniquely flinty , resonantly expressive Murray River Chardonnay by Sam Baker QC ( almost ) . |
2 | Bring in a few television lamps though and watch your amps . |
3 | I saw her knock back a few glasses but never saw her tight ! |
4 | About 20 trainees may be brought together for about ten days spread over a few months , interspersed with more in-bureau case study exercises and observation . |
5 | The leader let off a few rounds which went bellowing over our heads . |
6 | Oh , he said , I expect in a minute the door will be flung back and I 'll be dragged off to some sort of temple arena where I 'll fight maybe a couple of giant spiders and an eight-foot slave from the jungles of Klatch and then I 'll rescue some kind of a princess from the altar and then kill off a few guards or whatever and then this girl will show me the secret passage out of the place and we 'll liberate a couple of horses and escape with the treasure . ’ |
7 | Is it enough to assume you are comparatively fit because you walk up a few stairs or stretch and bend a little as you go about your household chores ? |
8 | I jumped in , let out a few expletives and was out again just as quickly . |
9 | Do n't be afraid to open up uncharted areas or kick down a few fences . |
10 | If you ca n't get more heat up there , let us move the games room down a few floors . " |
11 | Chase up a few stories . |
12 | Clear up a few unsolveds , eh sir ? ’ |
13 | you do is hang it over on the clothes line , stand back a few inches , just give it an even spray , |
14 | I find an old plastic carrier bag , tip out the few bits of string and wire it contains and replace them with a handful of rusty bolts from the biscuit tin . |
15 | In Meswick hunters can find lodging in the Mushroom Cap Motel and tip back a few beers at the Mushroom Bar at the end of a long day 's tramp . |
16 | ‘ Well , ’ says the ex-chief executive philosophically , ‘ when you 've managed a business in crisis mode as long as I have , you pick up a few enemies . ’ |
17 | At least confident that Spouse will enjoy , and probably pick up a few tips from , biography of Hitler . |
18 | ‘ Instead of grabbing a tin of soup the book will say , ‘ Pick up a few carrots , a leek , chop them up and throw them in water , add a dash of cream , a few leaves of chervil , and you have something homely and delicious that you have made . ’ |
19 | As soon as it is well open , and perhaps already dropping pollen grains on to its own stigma and petals , pick up a few grains with a small paint brush , and transfer them to the stigma of the female . |
20 | Listen to talks — read articles — then jot down a few headings on what message is being conveyed . |
21 | Picture a once decent apartment building in the Bronx , New York , a part of the city where poverty , drug abuse , AIDS , and prostitution abound , and witness over a few years how it is transformed into a miserable squat and ultimately bulldozed to make way for a new police station . |
22 | Maybe if we set up a few committees , something will happen . ’ |
23 | Remember back a few issues ( UX No 363 ) when Gain Technology , the multimedia start-up that used to call itself Cayenne Systems , was talking about giving the IBM/Apple joint venture a run for its money and persuading IBM to adopt its technology ? |
24 | And , even more unexpectedly , change back a few pages later ? |
25 | Pick out a few terms and decide how they are best defined . |
26 | find out a few details and I 'll meet you back at the estate agents |
27 | Well , she thought , it wo n't be difficult to judge how right I am , if I pay out a few yards of line for him . |
28 | She had to take a walk down a short corridor from the main hallway , go down a few steps to the kitchen . |
29 | If you turn over a few chapters in Matthew , into chapter fourteen , you 've got another er watery illustration there , it 's , Jesus is coming towards the disciples , he walking on the water ! |
30 | One has to try and explain what it is we are about and why we 're doing it and , if necessary , perhaps point out a few distinctions that may exist , for instance , between the professional and the amateur scene , not that I like using those words because I think they 're fraught with all sort of potential misunderstandings . |