Example sentences of "[vb infin] a [adj] [noun pl] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | We could do with a call anybody there anyone 's near a phone just pick it up and ring me all right just ring now I 'll give erm we 'll give a million pounds to the first caller fingers crossed . |
| 2 | Perhaps I can give a few pointers to anyone just starting up . |
| 3 | Already he was worried about their stores lasting until the Saturday when he might reasonably claim a few shillings to tide him over ; Emily 's mother had given them a box of stuff , sausages , bread , some tea , butter , bacon — but it would have to be spun out . |
| 4 | Get out your grammar books and I will explain a few things to you that will help your conversation if you can get them into your so stupid heads . |
| 5 | And when Mrs Amabel Dallam remembered to pay her for all those wedding chemises she might just take a few shillings to a certain bazaar in Leeds where she 'd heard good dress-lengths were to be had at bargain prices and make herself a new dress for Christmas . |
| 6 | Large volumes of small files may take a few seconds to be processed by the HC VERIFIER . |
| 7 | But I do envy anyone who can have a few hours to themselves at Christmas , she thought . |
| 8 | Surely such lazy car drivers who park directly beside bus stops rather than walk a few yards to a shop , should be prosecuted before a fatal accident results from their thoughtless actions . |
| 9 | For theoretical reasons we will also add a few features to the language : multiple assignment , output guards in alternatives and divergent ( racing ) process . |
| 10 | There are others who are n't even dancing : one who has just gone over to the veranda and plunged his hand into the vat of boiling oil so he could offer a hot puri to a child in tears : another who is standing in the midst of the dancers being continually buffeted as they come and go , and hungrily eating a plateful of raw rice grains . |
| 11 | He can devote a few paragraphs to Brecht but pages to the crippled young would-be philosopher who spends his life in a barrow flicking through Spinoza and Kant with his tongue . |
| 12 | Tonight , for the first time , I can say a few words to you . |
| 13 | Do n't revise a few topics to the exclusion of all others . |