Example sentences of "[coord] [vb -s] a few [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet another , fortunately quite rare , follows you around when it sees secateurs in your hands and drops a few eggs into the soft pith of the stem when you make a cut , before the cut wound has had time to callus and heal itself — another reason why you should always try to confine cutting to a fine dry day . |
| 2 | So Yeah I sa er well she 'd , actually she does two twenty P's cos she goes to town and gets a few things but , I mean it , I said it might be bad weather one day |
| 3 | He has a couple of fields behind his cottage and keeps a few beasts . |
| 4 | In Dyfed ( formerly Pembrokeshire ) Hancock et al. ( 1983 ) locate the Variscan Front in a zone of conjugate folds and thrusts a few miles north of the Johnston Thrust . |
| 5 | Colin Dexter explains how his appearances started and gives a few tips to potential extras . |
| 6 | When the prime minister arrives at the Palace for the weekly audience , the private secretary acts as host and spends a few minutes beforehand in conversation . |
| 7 | To escape , the heat has to travel up through quite large thicknesses of continental crust , and a large proportion does not get very far ; instead , it comes to rest and solidifies a few kilometres below the surface , forming enormous masses of igneous rock which have been forced or intruded into the crust and are known as batholiths ( Greek origin , meaning something like deep stones ) . |
| 8 | Off he goes and returns a few minutes later with friend and a dirty great Roller , all pristine chrome and gleaming fenders . |
| 9 | I quite like the way the programme tends to finish but leaves a few questions unanswered . |