Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv prt] [art] few [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is sometimes very difficult indeed not to be very cross , and there have been some occasions when I have had to go and chop up a few logs in order to abate my own aggression before replying . |
| 2 | We could hang up a few politicians too. , ‘ There 's that farmer who used a plough with horses . |
| 3 | No doubt they would send over a few H.E . |
| 4 | Q Could you please clear up a few points which I am sure confuse other readers as well as myself . |
| 5 | Should he dash off a few writs ? |
| 6 | why do n't you wait and see what the numbers are like and then you can always ring up a few people and say we 've got a space if you 'd like to come |
| 7 | okay it 'll be that so you can eventually you can build up a few tricks that 'll help you sort out a lot of the spelling . |
| 8 | Okay , let's have a break er if you can come back reasonably quickly er we can make up a few seconds . |
| 9 | The parents had all departed into the warehouse with Uncle Knacker to ‘ knock up a few looseboxes ’ . |
| 10 | If you could just jot down a few ideas that . |
| 11 | At first the simple machines available could only detect down a few inches , and — amongst other operating difficulties — encounters with tufts of grass caused them to constantly give off false signals . |
| 12 | The Americans led 54–41 at half-time and it always seemed they could step up a few gears when required . |
| 13 | The drop down to half-moon Rhossili Bay below me was almost sheer , and the sea was striped with shimmering blue and white as endlessly long parallel lines of surf moved in slow motion towards the expanse of sand , on which I could just make out a few figures as tiny specks . |
| 14 | We could vaguely make out a few buildings as we caught the bubble up to La Saulire , and then headed down into Courchevel . |
| 15 | Particularly where you 've more or less got the idea of it but you think you just want to sort of tidy up a few details an |
| 16 | As a personal contribution to the stability of British industry ( who on earth invented that one ? ) may I pass on a few nuggets of advice : |
| 17 | How ironic that she felt so alive in Piers 's company , the one man who could shrug her off as carelessly as he would shrug off a few flecks of sand from his T-shirt . |
| 18 | ‘ George Graham says they can go up a few gears for the replay , but we 'll wait and see . |
| 19 | I 'll want you to think about that tonight , I 'm gon na hand out a few sheets that might might explain a little bit of synergy erm I believe synergy this is my this is more of a sort of worldly view . |
| 20 | You held your hand still on the page and you traced around each finger , and all the little contours of your finger joints were captured , and you would go around a few times , and each time the pencil was at a slightly different angle , so you got this aura of your hand , that was so much more accurate than you could ever draw , and all you had to do was put in the fingernails and the little wrinkles on the backs of your fingers and you really had something ? |
| 21 | I knew there would be some details that might fill in a few gaps and , indeed , I had not known that Mme G had kept in touch with Otto and that , prior to my arrival on the scene , he frequently drove over to Reine with tempting delicacies that Jean-Claude invariably refused to eat . |
| 22 | Let me pick up a few points which occur to me arising out of what you 've just been saying . |
| 23 | Let me pick up a few points which occur to me arising out of what you 've just been saying . |
| 24 | Soon she would herself be in the market for a new home , and , though she and Boyd could not hope to outdo a contractor like the Mayor building for himself , she could pick up a few ideas and have them incorporated into their new house in Vanier Heights . |
| 25 | Did you manage by pick did you pick up a few words yourself ? |
| 26 | Mind you , these birds are very quick and it might pick up a few words which could be useful . ’ |
| 27 | We would pick up a few flak holes , but every mission had those ’ . |
| 28 | He would be treated to the kind of service his carrier is struggling to achieve and might even pick up a few tips on how an airline should be run . |
| 29 | At the same time they might even pick up a few tips from Waqar Younis and Wasim Akram instead of trying to put them down . |
| 30 | Now , if like me you 've yet to attempt this big production number you could pick up a few tips here , after all , we 've a number of professionals in this hundred , hoteliers , dressmakers , cake makers , photographers , and video makers , registrars , ministers , but above all , we have a lot ex-brides here , and let's start off by finding how many we have . |