Example sentences of "[vb infin] [art] few [noun pl] and " in BNC.

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1 Of course , you will need a few bits and bobs to get started , but Pat can provide a list .
2 Why do n't you wait a few hours and see if he gets what you need from Blagg ? ’
3 Throughout the next two years I had lost interest in the game I would wait a few months and then in a space of a week I would go and have a few games it was n't until 1993 early January that I started playing regularly again I was determined to get a handicap and play in a few competitions sometime that year .
4 So Melanie would unpack a few things and go to bed early , herself .
5 You can expect a few difficulties and the occasional setback .
6 However , we agreed that self-help schemes could only bring a few jobs and that a central demand should still be that the state provide jobs .
7 No , nan and granddad can bring one lot up and my mum and dad can fetch a few bits and then just keep bringing bits back , I mean
8 In San Gimignano we can still see a few churches and the towers .
9 And erm Maisy and Freda say that they would still like a few bottles and that for the stall please .
10 Before I regret the temporary arrival of my better nature , you 'd better let me make a few calls and see what I can do to get you home today . ’
11 tell you roughly what I want you to do and you can make a few notes and then you can tell Kelly .
12 Having endorsed this as a learning technique , let me make a few recommendations and observations of my own and list my personal ‘ top ten ’ .
13 ‘ I 'll put some more earth on today and then we can plant a few turnips and such in it .
14 I 'd like to see him have a few failures and see how he handles that . ’
15 Over the summer I did read a few books and tentatively prepare a few classes , but it was indisputably a pretty lacklustre performance on my part .
16 All the previous week Kidd had exhorted his forwards to concentrate on winning the battle up front and not simply live in hope that they could gain a few crumbs and hope their more skilful backs would steal a march on Shannon .
17 Sometimes an Orc or Goblin will capture a few Snotlings and train them to perform entertaining tricks , or to perform simple tasks .
18 Here 's the bank — see the queue along the street from the cash point — people who 've got pots of money in that bank and all they 've got to do is press a few buttons and it 'll spew out a wad of crisp notes into their delicately manicured hand .
19 All he had to do was get up and walk a few steps and he could escape it all .
20 No he might he 's he might get a few friends and go out or .
21 ‘ We 'll get a few bits and pieces , eh ?
22 So obviously there 's a few tough games ahead , but you know , with erm if we set our out right and keep working hard , then hopefully we can get a few points and maybe push ourselves further up the table .
23 Having a boyfriend or husband who is young enough to be your son can still raise a few eyebrows and set tongues wagging but , as these couples prove , love conquers all — even a 30-year age gap
24 Er , I 'll certainly pull a few changes and
25 Later , people would come along , dig him up and remove him to a more permanent resting place where the vicar would say a few words and it would all be over , except for those who remembered him .
26 Then before putting the resolution to the vote I shall say a few words and ask whether , ah , there are any questions .
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