Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [adv prt] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do n't be afraid to open up uncharted areas or kick down a few fences . |
| 2 | It is sometimes very difficult indeed not to be very cross , and there have been some occasions when I have had to go and chop up a few logs in order to abate my own aggression before replying . |
| 3 | Scrape the soil away from the plant to expose some of its larger roots and cut off a few of these with a sharp knife . |
| 4 | Being a regular to the attractions of the Continent and its sunnier climes , I started by skimming through and picking out a few of the relatively recent crags that I have visited , such as Ceuse & Oppede le Vieux : they are in — fine . |
| 5 | The attendant giggled and came back a few minutes later with another bowl of rice and chicken , which Myeloski despatched with his customary enthusiasm . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Dorcas organized younger nomes to digging drainage trenches and rigged up a few of the big light bulbs for heat . |
| 8 | Cadfael straightened out the coarse folds of the hood , and shook out a few pale feathery fragments from among them . |
| 9 | ‘ We went home on the Friday evening of the move and turned up a few days later and just started work — it was great ! ’ |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Wright never deserved the four goals he got — he never did anything to get the ball but let it come to him and losing out a few times in the process when the defender took the ball away . |
| 12 | ‘ To be honest , Koke , ’ he says , leaning forward confidentially and letting out a few vapour jets from behind his ears , ‘ I think you overestimate your potential as a thorn in the corporate side . |
| 13 | Wolfgang took the advice of his Mannheim friends — who professed themselves as disappointed as he on his lack of success — and decided to stay on until the spring , moving to cheaper lodgings and taking on a few pupils to earn money . |
| 14 | She frequently took pity on me and brought along a few choice dishes from home for my delectation . |
| 15 | Corbett dug into his purse and brought out a few coins . |
| 16 | Then the board righted itself and drifted out a few feet into the pool with the two rabbits hunched upon it , rigid and motionless . |
| 17 | We spilt a few beans and touched the odd ( female ) nerve and laughed off a few fiascos . |
| 18 | He would let her father row him down the lake and dangle out a few lines to see if a tickle of fish would tickle his mood . |
| 19 | Nick , the ever-ready surveyor , whipped out his loaded camera and reeled off a few shots of the thief . |
| 20 | Sitting down with a slip of graph paper and jotting down a few ideas will help , you make sense of your thoughts . |
| 21 | Practise reading it and think up a few sentences to explain why you have chosen it . |
| 22 | For one thing , I like to play off the cuff now and again , and pull out a few surprises . ’ |
| 23 | Make a note of their position and come back a few weeks later to collect them when they are fully grown . |
| 24 | I raced back to the line-up and picked off a few more waves . |