Example sentences of "[v-ing] a few [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Keeping a few cards up your sleeve . |
| 2 | After driving a few miles along what seemed an endless avenue of poplars we crossed the Taro , at this time of year a dry riverbed , by a long bridge with marble statues of reclining river gods and goddesses at either end . |
| 3 | Immediately pressing a few flowers from this bouquet will ensure that they are preserved while in top condition , and mean that the remaining flowers can be enjoyed in a colourful arrangement . |
| 4 | Howard looks down at his plate , grinning , and pressing a few crumbs of cheese on to his fingers to nibble . |
| 5 | The Clio reaches us in perfect condition , excepting a few scuffs on the steel wheel trims . |
| 6 | An isolated curate who wanted knowledge found himself living a few yards from a man who at first sight was an explosive popular preacher , but who happened also to be one of the coming academic theologians of England , and an inciter of younger minds . |
| 7 | An interesting effect can be obtained by brushing a few strokes of water onto the paper and drawing over the top . |
| 8 | An interesting effect can be obtained by brushing a few strokes of water onto the paper and drawing over the top . |
| 9 | Once Edouard was out of sight , he turned away from the window thoughtfully , brushing a few flecks of dandruff absent-mindedly from the shoulders of his suit . |
| 10 | A new age in chemistry , where the problem of measuring some molecular property could be resolved by pushing a few keys on a computer , has not materialised — the reason is that ab initio calculation for any but the simplest of systems remain beyond the reach of the most advanced computers . |
| 11 | If you are replacing a few boards in an existing floor , and have brought them from a timber yard , do n't come home and fit the boards straight away . |
| 12 | Conning a few pounds from Mr Yarrow and walking the streets held little appeal . |
| 13 | After swimming a few lengths of the pool , she turned and floated on her back , enjoying the warmth of the sun on her half-submerged body , listening to the splashing of the other swimmers , their laughing voices , the harsh cries of magpies in the nearby forest , the occasional insect droning past . |
| 14 | Earlier this year researchers learned that inserting a few atoms of potassium into a framework built of buckyball molecules makes the compound a superconductor : below a critical temperature of about 19 Kelvin — or 19 degrees above absolute zero — the material conducts electricity with no resistance . |
| 15 | I have pleasure in enclosing a few copies of our new recruitment leaflet which I hope you feel will enable you to attract a lot of people in your area to become CPRW members . |
| 16 | The authority 's sewage works vary in size from those producing many millions of gallons of treated effluent a day to those serving a few houses in a rural area where the discharge may be the merest trickle . |
| 17 | However , your willingness to come to the aid of your fellow readers is causing a few headaches in our office . |
| 18 | President Bush has yet to be convinced that ‘ going green ’ will translate into real votes come the presidential election later in the year , and his advisers ( who enjoy nothing so much as bashing a few Greens on the media before breakfast ) have sown so many doubts in his mind about ‘ the lack of scientific evidence ’ that global warming is not seen to be one of the challenges he now faces — despite the fact that his country is responsible for nearly 30 per cent of all emissions of carbon dioxide , the main greenhouse gas . |
| 19 | Request : We asked the opposition leader to help with a book entitled ‘ Married To Teacher ’ by writing a few lines in response to the statement : ‘ Being married to a teacher is rather demanding . ’ |
| 20 | The curator of Edinburgh zoo has proposed adding a few specimens to the zoo collection . |
| 21 | Again using improvisation as its ethos , the album once more finds Talk Talk sailing blissfully off into the unknown , each musician using their own initiative , steering the music through freeform jazz and contemporary classical music , Hollis occasionally adding a few lines of comfort and despair in his fragile and tender voice . |
| 22 | You can personalise standard documents by adding a few sentences in your own language . |
| 23 | Adding a few seconds to your dev.time to allow for the stop , etc. would n't go amiss . |
| 24 | Whether we should be saying and saying District Council be requested to amend the local plan as suggested in paragraph two four two nine five and then nu number two would be there adding a few words to the original number one . |
| 25 | The methods of testing varies from kit to kit , but most consist of taking a sample of water and adding a few drops of the special reagent or tablet and giving it a shake . |
| 26 | ) Test the reagent by adding a few drops to small crystals of Na 2 SO 4 or K 2 SO 4 in a watch glass . |
| 27 | But settling a potential employment dispute tends to involve rather more than just signing a letter prepared by the company or initialling a few sheets of paper which explain the agreed terms . |
| 28 | LABOUR 'S Nigel Griffiths checked out claims of computer game rip-offs yesterday by going a few rounds with Sega 's Sonic The Hedgehog . |
| 29 | Some hairdressers charge extra for this but it 's well worth paying a few pounds for . |
| 30 | Lying in a widening pool of blood , he stared vacant eyed with shock at his severed right arm lying a few feet from his face , still clothed in its black sleeve . |