Example sentences of "[to-vb] a few [noun pl] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Merson is controlling his diet and craving for fast-food in a bid to lose a few pounds excess weight , but spoke out yesterday to nail the lies that he has had a bust-up with George Graham over the battle of the bulge . |
2 | You 've got time to do a few things first . |
3 | We are keen to run a few events next year outside Edinburgh , and a visit to the newish organisation EuroInfoCentre is also planned ( for 18th March ) . |
4 | I just have to read a few tabloids these days to get me going . |
5 | JOE COONEY is determined to jog a few memories this afternoon at Croke Park . |
6 | This had become an automatic response to most of his wife 's suggestions , and Scarlet had learned to have a few answers ready . |
7 | Yes , I think we defended quite well , obviously Ken erm is going to have a few saves each game anyway which I thought he done very well today . |
8 | It was good to spend a few days all together , we visited Falkland Place on Saturday pm , and it was fun to go to St Paul 's and St George 's to worship on Easter day . |
9 | If none of these ideas is possible , would she be willing to spend a few weeks each year in a home for the elderly or , if she is infirm , in a nursing home or a local National Health Service hospital ? |
10 | If I had not intervened on these pages to explain a few points this book ( or its opening section ) would be a gun aimed at my own temple . |
11 | Well I agree with that but I want to make a few points first of all , because poll tax was tangled up with this . |