Example sentences of "[vb infin] a 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 . |