Example sentences of "and [verb] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Later , as night crept over the Rorim , they met in Riven 's room and shared a few pitchers of ale . |
| 2 | I went back to the Maggot 's foul house , where he kept his killer dog and astonishing collection of guns , and we sat on his makeshift verandah that overlooked a noxious and polluted creek and shared a few whiskies as he told me an incredibly tedious tale of how he had once sacked the quarterback of the San Francisco Sugar Plums . |
| 3 | After casting on and knitting a few rows , you just need a couple of minutes from time to time to go back to the machine and change the punchcard or pattern number . |
| 4 | And they would all come through and stay a few nights with |
| 5 | I try and rig a few wires up ! |
| 6 | Kathleen answered the phone , listened for a minute and asked a few questions , and then cradled the receiver with a groan . |
| 7 | Mr Bush dealt with the older children first and placed a few evacuees with them at the back . |
| 8 | In 1836 Sir Charles Knightley , one of the richest men in England , had to ride twenty miles to break open his daughter 's money box and borrow a few sovereigns before he could … ’ |
| 9 | Drape the map over the corner of the chest and make a few tears in it . |
| 10 | Now already , she 's had a wash and a workout or two , and read a few books and she thinks she 's the answer to an Amazon 's prayer . |
| 11 | Well there 's another lad he 's been ill in health he 's worked more now than he ever has cos he used to work a few days and lose a few days and he was n't . |
| 12 | One evening , David , Barry , Christina and John Hutchinson were all sitting in my front room and talking about what we could actually do to earn some money It was suggested that we might go down to one of the local pubs which held regular jazz nights , to see if they had an evening free and perhaps we could run a folk club just one evening a week and maybe charge people to come in and make a few pennies for ourselves . |
| 13 | The reason he slipped out was to phone and make a few arrangements for them . |
| 14 | So , after a little research in Bangkok , I wrote a few letters and made a few calls and found a Brother distributer . |
| 15 | I had most of the morning to myself and made a few calls to clients , to a financial journalist whose opinion I valued and finally to Andrew Buccleuth . |
| 16 | Delmar Benjamin 's GeeBee Replica flew each day and made a few passes around the pylons . |
| 17 | You get the impression Ruud and Marco could have taken their skills anywhere in the world , found success and made a few friends as well . |
| 18 | ‘ We had received a number of complaints about bouncing cheques and made a few inquiries into the businessmen and their activities . |
| 19 | Then Amanda had lain on the bed and made a few suggestions which insulted his experience ; he 'd fumbled hurriedly with zips and cuff buttons , his Calvinistic conscience retreating into its corner , and then exultation was running through him like the roar of the crowd the night Jim Watt had won his title . |
| 20 | Most of them were accorded pseudonyms ( ‘ I will call her Sylvia ’ ) and given a few lines of narrative , where their function was little more than to illustrate our hero 's appetite and prowess . |
| 21 | One side of the sheet lists the children of Charles the Cheesemonger , starting with the birth of William Charles in 1772 and appending a few dates of death for good measure . |
| 22 | Connor plunged his hand into his pocket and produced a few coins , which he tossed into the cup . |
| 23 | ‘ Yes , you know , as in go into a pub and order something in a glass and eat a few nuts and so on . ’ |
| 24 | By the time we reached the Ava Bridge it had stopped raining and having got across , we just lay on the ground and got a few hours ' sleep . |
| 25 | that , the red bits , into red and got the , so I say , nice sort of tent cards and and got a few firms , I mean firms and come on in and do your display you know |
| 26 | Go and push a few notes on your own piano ; there 's no one here to wince at the sound you make these days . |
| 27 | Even asset-strippers had to relax and pursue a few hobbies from time to time … |
| 28 | In the near future I intend to expand this unholy alliance into a much larger tank and to try a few experiments with the set-up and some new species which I 'll no doubt relate if they 're successful . |
| 29 | But Nutty 's team just ran when they were doing other things , like to school or to the refrigerator factory , and Nails ran up to Carter 's field every night and down every morning and swam a few lengths of the Smiths ' pool to get the smell of compost off him when the others complained . |
| 30 | Disconcertingly , April muttered something incomprehensible and moved a few steps away from them . |