Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv prt] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It helps to ask the client 's permission to jot down a few facts . |
| 2 | It is useful to jot down a few examples under each point as this aids understanding and memory . |
| 3 | I tried to come off a few times , y'know , off me own bat , like , but there was too much of it around . |
| 4 | So it is n't a bad idea at this stage of the season for us to conjure up a few exercises to test receding intellectual fibre . |
| 5 | What I would like to do with the financi financial commentary , is because it is , is an historic document , I would like to pull out a few plums which we can team brief . |
| 6 | Because this is England 's last match for at least 3 ½ months , Robson had to balance his desire to try out a few options with the need to retain the basic framework of his World Cup team . |
| 7 | Somewhat naïvely , I had expected it all to be sorted out then and there , but the chap just took my name , gave me a form to fill in and told me to come back a few days later for a full interview . |
| 8 | We half expected them to come back a few days later , but they have never returned to the barn we prepared so painstakingly for them , although they are still sometimes seen in the vicinity . |
| 9 | ‘ We would like to go over a few points relating to the Livesey murder , ’ Bragg said evenly . |
| 10 | There was no single incident that Loretta could pinpoint as the cause , merely a series of minor hold-ups ; and Bridget had mislaid her car keys , causing them to set off a few minutes after the time they had agreed . |
| 11 | She leaned closer and reached out , to pick up a few strands of dark hair . |
| 12 | I sympathized and threw in a few choice obscenities and ‘ hanging 's too good for ‘ ems ’ but made a note to pick up a few watches next time I was down the Brick Lane midnight market . |
| 13 | SMALL investors could use any spare cash to pick up a few holdings in carefully chosen smaller companies . |
| 14 | ‘ I do n't think that professionalism as such should have a place within the playing side of the Association , ’ states the Dungiven clubman , ‘ We play for pure enjoyment and recreation and if along the way we manage to pick up a few honours , then that 's great . |
| 15 | It 's just that I have arranged to meet him tonight sometime to sort out a few things for me would of made a lot more sense if he 'd been here ! |
| 16 | They need to sort out a few things and they 'll be very competitive . ’ |
| 17 | But if you are n't prepared to wade through acres of news and advertising print , your financial adviser should be able to pick out a few plans that suit your needs . |
| 18 | Even if I allow him to scribble down a few paragraphs of his own fiction ( and I do not see why I should ) it still follows that any words he might write must in the first instance be composed by me . |
| 19 | Surely it could not take this long to gather up a few baskets of food ? |
| 20 | You have only to give in a few times ( out of many when you stick to your planned ignoring ) to lose the battle . |
| 21 | Before concluding I would just like to put down a few words on permission and such like . |
| 22 | The Prince 's Youth Business Trust , which gives grants and loans to disadvantaged young people hoping to start their own businesses , is looking for volunteer business advisers prepared to give up a few hours a month to help the youngsters get their projects off the ground . |
| 23 | The Down 's Syndrome Association desperately need volunteers to give up a few hours before or after work on Thursday June 24 to help them collect donations at mainline stations . |
| 24 | To conclude this section it is necessary to point out a few things about the squad training sessions . |
| 25 | However , every piece of music is different and has its own problems , and it is therefore necessary to point out a few pitfalls , and to make a few special recommendations . |
| 26 | Those who have read Mr Clark 's prose with mounting impatience might like to point out a few lessons to him : 1 ) mention the book early on ; 2 ) avoid the clichés ; 3 ) forswear dodgy phrases , like ‘ pied-piper 's trail of opportunity discarded ’ , which really mean very little . |
| 27 | ‘ The hotel bar was closed and we were all famished so it seemed like a good idea to trek down to the local ‘ pub ’ to search out a few sarnies , ’ says Gedge . |
| 28 | But if you thought about the order that you test , then , if something does n't work , you may only have to go back a few steps and re-test . |
| 29 | To understand how these families , regarded by their Orcadian neighbours as good , clean-living people , came to be at the centre of such serious allegations , it is necessary to go back a few years . |
| 30 | With a line of retreat set up , Carson went back down the stairs and got ready to stir up a few wasps . |