Example sentences of "[vb infin] a few [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If they take their work home with them , maybe they 'll do a few hours ' work off the mains . |
| 2 | The media would still be able to cover current stories but within a longer-term , in-depth perspective so that Ethiopia or the Lebanon , Westland or nuclear disarmament do not simply occupy a few weeks ' worth of front page/main bulletin coverage per year . |
| 3 | Erm let me make a few announcements erm firstly Longmans the publishers are producing a large and they hope definitive dictionary of the English language and in aid of this they have asked various universities to produce examples , recorded examples of academic monologue and we 've agreed to cooperate and that is what this little piece of electronic wizardry is in aid of in case you were wondering . |
| 4 | Erm , well we 've got , I 'll take a few notes erm during this , during the course of our conversation , I 'll take them away , study them in complete confidence and come back to you next week with my recommendations . |
| 5 | So his results were preliminary but it would only take a few weeks ' work , using the neutron spectrometer , to know for sure . |
| 6 | And surely , nobody in his right mind would take a few days ' vacation and miss out on the opportunity of selling his own plans and proposals to the President of the Corporation ? |
| 7 | It was arranged that he would take a few days ' supply of stoma bags with him and he was given a list of equipment he would require . |
| 8 | However , erm I would like to just add a few comments er I I found it very interesting in that er I would like to chastise the liberal democrats for throwing money problems , you know er in Yorkshire , my grandfather came from Yorkshire they have a saying you know that labour so there there any other party . |
| 9 | Unless there is exceptional need they only work from Monday to Friday , and as the service is very short-staffed in many areas most people can only receive a few hours ' help a week ; although in special cases daily help can be arranged . |