Example sentences of "[vb -s] [vb pp] a [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A preliminary clipping usually takes place during the course of the knotting , when the weaver cuts the pile yarn to an approximate length after he or she has completed a few rows , but the final clipping is a highly skilled job , which , if badly done , can ruin months of work . |
| 2 | The old Apache Group , now restyled the Mips ABI Group , has added a few members ( current count is 16 ) and is going to stage a rally later this month to wheel out the promised ABI . |
| 3 | Finally , since 1989 , DGX has granted a few scholarships to specialise in restoration and conservation . |
| 4 | An initial inspection of the loco , still in impeccable condition externally , has revealed a few problems and it is hoped that the Standard will be back in service sooner than the two to three years expected for overhaul . |
| 5 | Dana has missed a few fittings , but the earth wo n't stop turning and I 'm sure she 'll turn up for the next one . ’ |
| 6 | With The Cook , The Thief , His Wife And Her Lover ( 18 ) he has made a few changes , but certain basic principles hold good : the look of everything is still turned into art history , and the meaning of everything is still turned into nothing , a nothing that sometimes seems despairing and sometimes only smug . |
| 7 | Even in our championship winning year we failed to beat the ‘ elite ’ sides in the league and although Wilko has made a few changes to the squad we still have basically the side and thus the same problems that have cost us dearly in the most important games . |
| 8 | ‘ Les has had a few problems but he could do very well alongside Deanesy . ’ |
| 9 | Although she has had a few boyfriends since , there is no one special around . |
| 10 | James , 19 , working in the hall under a community service order , has had a few months ' work for the council since leaving school . |
| 11 | Arrange to visit after the programme has had a few weeks to run . |
| 12 | I am a bit of an oddity here and this has opened a few doors for me . |
| 13 | Our press stories in general and working with Keith now over and also the launch of Dare which has got a few problems er are there any other major |
| 14 | He has got a few bruises . |
| 15 | He has got a few bruises . |
| 16 | The Chancellor has shifted a few factors around , that 's all . |
| 17 | He has played a few games and had received treatment . |
| 18 | And that has ruffled a few feathers at Shire Hall . |
| 19 | At just 7 stone 7 , Sam Benham wo n't be rocking the Oxford boat , but her call up as cox has caused a few ripples and waves down on the Thames . |
| 20 | Mudhoney 's move from hardcore grunge to quite melodic ( with a serrated edge ) pop has caused a few followers to bail out in search of more ‘ serious ’ stuff . |
| 21 | BT has gone a few steps further , and begun trials of its own telephone robot , capable of handling many of the routine tasks usually dealt with by its 25,000 human operators . |
| 22 | I accept that it has taken a few years for the process to be completed , but everyone who studies the history books will be able to trace the downfall of the Thatcher Government — as some may still call it — to the time when she was foolish enough to remove the right hon. Gentleman from the duties that he was carrying out so successfully . |
| 23 | Fiat , which has lost a few employees in Italy 's corruption scandals , issued a ‘ code of business ethics ’ . |
| 24 | No I do n't think she 's ready quite yet , she 's got a few things to sort out first and that 's definitely not right , she wants to raise the daggerboard not lower it , bit of confusion there about which way to turn the tiller but she 's round safely , she should be looking where she 's going now instead of sorting out all the string . |
| 25 | Yeah ya but as I think , as I say she 's got a few things to do today , sh near the oven Ann . |
| 26 | On the parking front in the centre of Nottingham you 'll find a space at St James Street and the Arndale Centre car park but Victoria Centre 's got a few minutes wait at the York Street entrance and Trinity Square still very busy next update in ten minutes time . |
| 27 | Er Miss 's got a few bits for people there so could you make sure they get there 's some football letters to be given out I think . |
| 28 | he 's got a few bits , there 's still another few bits to be done you know but it just looks such a mess |
| 29 | . Mhm so he 's got a few possibilities . |
| 30 | Never mind you can play the Bare Naked Lady thingummybobs and er then hopefully we go oh he 's in the shop he 's had a few customers we 'll get back to John a bit later . |