Example sentences of "[to-vb] a [adj] [noun pl] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A NEW service which is A expected to encourage A more travellers to switch from road to rail made its inaugural run into Middlesbrough station yesterday . |
| 2 | Please could I ask you to find a few minutes to write to the Secretary of State for Wales , Welsh Office , Cathays Park , Cardiff CF1 3NQ , urging him to persuade his cabinet colleagues of the importance of finding time for an Environment Bill which includes these measures . |
| 3 | Harris has been known to cause a few directors to have sleepless nights . |
| 4 | Going to buy a few souvenirs to take back home ? ’ |
| 5 | He may have to wait a few years to enter a Tory Cabinet . |
| 6 | At this point , we must admit you do have to press a few buttons to get Delta service . |
| 7 | So this afternoon 's news that Paul Getty is prepared to give a million pounds to help construct a building to house the mediaeval map and chained library has presented the townfolk here with yet another opportunity of keeping their heritage intact . |
| 8 | And I want to keep a few things to remind me of Billy . |
| 9 | Brewing up was easy — all that had to be done was to shift a few boulders to reach a hot spot lower down , and pop a billy-can of snow into the hole . |
| 10 | She had not had it with her on Sunday during the walk to the belvedere and although it might now be too late in the day to catch the best of the light , it would be useful to have a few shots to help with descriptions of the scenery when she came to write her novel . |
| 11 | Good arrangements and an eye for detail can only be achieved with practice , so it may help to have a few guidelines to follow in the first place , if only to act as a spring board for producing interesting and unusual ideas of your own . |
| 12 | I 'm driving them down , and I 'm going to stay a few days to help them settle in , I 'll be staying at a pub — ’ |
| 13 | Sometimes if the garment is n't a fitted one , it is possible to add a few stitches to enable you to match the pattern at the seams . |
| 14 | It is therefore useful to get a few adults to help calm down the too lively children . |
| 15 | 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 |
| 16 | It would help us to plan for the future if you would be so kind as to take a few minutes to fill in this questionnaire . |
| 17 | ‘ We call ourselves the Unifiers — an inner core of trade unionists who are prepared to take a few risks to get what we must for the majority . |
| 18 | I must beg you to take a few days to consider … |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm sorry to keep you waiting , ’ he went on , ‘ but those of you who have been here before will know that I like to say a few words to break the ice before we get down to the real business of the weekend . |
| 20 | When your hard drive is nearing capacity and you need to delete a few directories to install your new 5meg program it is not that easy to decide which directories to archive and delete to achieve the required disk space . |