Example sentences of "[vb pp] a few [noun pl] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I 've said a few words about the Soviet Union but I would like to add that our programme of assistance to the Soviet Union and to other countries in central and Eastern Europe , while it 's had to grow rapidly in response to the urgent needs of reg region , it does not it has not grown and will not grow in any way er which will undermine our commitment to the developing world and er perhaps on that note I might turn to Africa . |
| 2 | None of the questions highlighted above by Bukharin can be abstracted from state policies in a Soviet type economy , even that of the mid-1920s , therefore once one had made a few generalisations about the need to transfer surplus from the private sector to the state sector of the economy , all else came down to precise policies which are not self-regulating but consciously decided upon . |
| 3 | But I 've made a few enquiries about him , discreetly , of course , from Mr Tucker in Nassau . |
| 4 | We have had a few meetings about the rule but they have always brought in extra bodies to out-vote us . |
| 5 | I 'd had a few notions about being a journalist , but I think that if I 'd had Latin I might have stayed on and tried for an academic career . |
| 6 | It 's actually quite a good book and I 'd had a few qualms about turning it over to Lenny the Lathe , who specializes in converting books more than an inch thick into fireproof combination lock safes . |
| 7 | ‘ The Missus ’ was about as inappropriate a soubriquet for Onyx Muggeridge as could be imagined , and Mike Pumfrey , who had heard a few scraps about her already , registered this . |
| 8 | You must surely have observed a few things about Fräulein Müller . ’ |
| 9 | You will be asked a few questions about your state of health and a drop of blood will be taken from your finger to make sure that you are not anaemic . |
| 10 | you were asked a few questions about the contingency fund , was setting up the contingency fund , had it got any connection at all with the Daily Telegraph article ? |
| 11 | ‘ I had discovered a few things about him that were very … hurtful . |