Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] [prep] a few " in BNC.

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1 They will also be able to supply you with a list of suitable short-term homes for the elderly in your area , to which your parent might consider going for a few weeks each year in order that you may have a holiday , if there is no other member of the family who could take over your responsibilities in your absence .
2 You 've now all seen a project quality plan , but I 'd just like to go through a few of the headings just to advise you where I think the benefits lie .
3 I would n't , I would n't mind going for a few days
4 But we do n't mind hearing about a few ‘ weeds ’ — they are often more vigorous and more interesting than the cultivated varieties .
5 I 'd like to end with a few more general questions about you and your leisure time .
6 Realistically , it is hard enough to speculate on how multimedia will have developed in a few years time without looking as far ahead as the beginning of the next century .
7 Given the party 's pledges on pensions , defence , law and order , and other statutory commitments , particularly on social security , this meant that spending cuts would have to fall in a few areas , notably housing .
8 But often we would n't get that straight away ; we 'd have to go through a few guitars before we found the combination of guitar and amp and EQ on the desk .
9 I could have done with a few .
10 Mesmerised by that wagging right hand , the South Africans he blew away on that dramatic fifth morning at the Kensington Oval in April could certainly have done with a few chunks of green kryptonite .
11 He had been the weaker of a hatching of two males and would almost certainly have died within a few days if local ornithologists had not taken him from the nest and reared him themselves in the hope that a home might finally be found for him as worthwhile as the Zoo …
12 His cider sodden mind was causing him to treat his beloved motorcycle in a way he would never have dreamed of a few hours before .
13 We may have to look at a few options but there are not many .
14 Adverse winds carried them not to Kintail , from which they could have got within a few miles of Inverness by water , but to the shores of Loch Alsh , a sea-water inlet separating the Isle of Skye from the south-west tip of Ross and Cromarty .
15 Wallace looked threatening up front , and should really have scored on a few occasions .
16 Finally the th county picked up its responsibility again but the damage had been done and er grass cutting never seems to have recovered in some areas on the that I 'll just try to describe in a few words .
17 To produce the low scarps which wind across the Mercurian surface the radius of Mercury need only have decreased by a few tenths of a percent .
18 They could easily have waited for a few days . ’
19 The blow would have killed him instantly — at least , he might have lived for a few minutes in a technical sense , but he would have been unconscious and effectively dead .
20 The therapist realized that some changes in the couples ' situation would have to occur within a few days if another crisis were to be avoided .
21 You could afford to put on a few pounds . ’
22 ‘ The only difference between the lineouts this year and last is that you can get penalised in a few more areas .
23 I do n't suppose you 'd care to go into a few details … a little extra payment for last night ? ’
24 I hope he can start knocking in a few goals because we need players who want to play for the club .
25 In the event of trouble , remove the villain , let the other fish settle for a few days and them put him back .
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