Example sentences of "[to-vb] [art] few [noun pl] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | But there are other less obvious savings which can be taken into account if you are prepared to write a few letters and fill out a form or two . |
| 2 | Well there 's another lad he 's been ill in health he 's worked more now than he ever has cos he used to work a few days and lose a few days and he was n't . |
| 3 | Dustin , who had arrived with Anne , three-month-old Jennifer , and a nanny , played the piano or sang dirty songs to a guitar accompaniment in the hotel lounge in the evenings and , on one occasion , went into the kitchen to gather a few pots and pans to use as bongo drums in order to entertain his colleagues . |
| 4 | Lucy crawled out of bed around lunchtime , found her way up to the shower while Josie could be heard moving around in the kitchen , and could n't resist leaving aside her own hard soap and supermarket shampoo in order to freeload a few squirts and squeezes of the gels , mousses and lotions that stood on the tiled windowsill . |
| 5 | He sat in the dining-room , able to enjoy a few biscuits and fruit rather than the ‘ gargantuan midday meal which was hitherto compulsory ’ . |
| 6 | It may also have the effect of precluding those members who can not find the time to attend a few workshops and may therefore strengthen management committees and their bureaux in the long run . |
| 7 | The couple 's interest in gardening began with the desire to grow fuchsias to fill a few pots and baskets . |
| 8 | ‘ It would be nice to grab a few goals and with that in mind I 'm using all three of our main strikers . ’ |
| 9 | Until the eighteenth century settlement within the neighbouring parish of West Bromwich took the form of small groups of cottages clustered together in ‘ ends ’ around the heaths , where squatters had opportunities to graze a few animals and to build a little workshop . |
| 10 | Your family would n't hold you back , and you have a professional qualification that 's highly in demand wherever you go , if you wanted to stay a few years and work . |
| 11 | They ambled along the riverbank , stopping to eat a few crickets and an earthworm or two . |
| 12 | We only want the managers to change a few things and to be more careful about safety . ’ |
| 13 | He was going to collect a few possessions and move into Mrs Lorimer 's for a bit . |
| 14 | He walked so slowly that Piper had to stop every few seconds and wait for him to catch up . |
| 15 | After dinner they had got lost , because Betty had fallen asleep and failed to note the few signposts and correlate them with the route on the map . |
| 16 | She slid open a fitted wardrobe to their left to reveal a few suits and pairs of trousers hanging from a rail . |
| 17 | Haines was a friend in the right place , ready to cut a few corners and pass on information while it was still worth having . |