Example sentences of "[vb pp] [to-vb] a few [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the fact that having a baby and adjusting to motherhood are only permitted to cause a few days ' disruption must be a bad thing — when what mothers really need is adequate time to rest ( between feeds ) , plenty of boosts to their ego , lots of love and confidence building . |
| 2 | The Beaverton , Oregon-based Sequent is also expected to have a few tricks up its sleeve for this week 's roll-out . |
| 3 | He put a couple of lamb chops under the grill , made a green salad and prepared to enjoy a few hours of solitude before the intrusion of Rickards and his preoccupations . |
| 4 | So , as I enjoy the opportunity to create a modest tremor in the bourgeois breast myself , I have decided to present a few recipes that might be described as ‘ frighteners ’ : recipes that are totally delicious but fringed with menace . |
| 5 | We feel that anthropologists are uniquely positioned to introduce a few question marks into the fundamental assumption of the discourse , and it is our hope that this book will provide some such . |
| 6 | One of these was Lynn Bari , who has typically had to wait a few weeks after her death before receiving an obituary due her . |
| 7 | There is no question but that it would have involved tough chairmanship and I am convinced that the Minister — whom I should have expected to chair the conference — would have had to hit a few heads together . |
| 8 | My father thought the sentence unjust because he had only agreed to buy a few bottles of bootleg whisky . |
| 9 | ‘ Paul Spence has kindly agreed to give a few revision classes on seventeenth- and eighteenth-century architecture to final-year BA students : Tuesday … ’ |
| 10 | Prisons were only used to hold a few people until trial . |
| 11 | Anyway , I 'll I 'll put in the note anyway , because that 's the , thank you because I , I feel I 've got to get a few prices to find out |
| 12 | If that means that I 've got to upset a few people because I 'm trying to prevent somebody 's life being lost then I will upset those people . |
| 13 | And at the cemetery the vicar , a man who looked as if he needed far more consolation than he would ever be capable of dispensing , had agreed to say a few words before Henry 's address . |
| 14 | The flier had been briefed to say a few things like a parrot , but had no deeper understanding of war , or peace , or politics than that bird . |
| 15 | But she 's , she 's got to relinquish a few things herself . |
| 16 | As Venus moves into your sign , the pride you have taken in your appearance is bound to turn a few heads . |
| 17 | Oh you 're bound to get a few bum ones are n't you . |
| 18 | They were bound to ask a few questions ! |
| 19 | Before the programme starts you will be invited to say a few words for the sound balance . |
| 20 | A new company , largely composed of untried broadcasters , was bound to make a few mistakes . |
| 21 | Harris has been known to cause a few directors to have sleepless nights . |
| 22 | Langford and Williams ' work with renowned listed pubs since 1987 puts the company in a favourable light with conservation societies such as The Victorian Society , SPAB , and the Georgian Group ; we have even been known to win a few CAMRA awards yet at the same time the firm has also brazenly converted redundant pubs to café-bar concepts . |
| 23 | Erotic scenes in a new version of Swan Lake coming to Darlington Civic Theatre are set to ruffle a few feathers , according to a top critic . |
| 24 | Request : The Liberal ex-chief was asked to write a few words for ‘ Backroom Boys ’ , a book about ‘ men who distinguish themselves without excess , folk quite happy to take a pleasingly light and unimposing approach , and yet who nevertheless make a reasonably fair showing throughout life ’ . |
| 25 | ‘ My dear Jane and friends , ’ he said , ‘ I am greatly privileged to have been asked to say a few words today . |
| 26 | The McCaw wit is as sharp as his memory and , to nobody 's surprise , George was asked to say a few words at the first of many parties to mark Lurgan 's Centenary . |
| 27 | After all , now that women in particular live longer , middle age might be assumed to begin a few years later too . |
| 28 | ITALY 'S continuing corruption probe took a fresh turn with the confession by Carlo De Benedetti , Olivetti 's chairman , that he , too , was forced to grease a few palms along the way . |
| 29 | And they 've started to get a few things together have n't they ? |
| 30 | This had become an automatic response to most of his wife 's suggestions , and Scarlet had learned to have a few answers ready . |