Example sentences of "he [vb -s] [verb] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was more like a personal appearance by a pop star … just a glimpse of Desert Orchid was enough to draw the crowds and set the cameras clicking.But after all , this was the horse with his own fanclub.And he has created a few records.Between 1983 and 1991 Dezi won 34 steeplechases , picking up half a million pounds in prize money into the bargain.Now he 's retired … and enjoying the fame : |
| 2 | Therefore , all we must hope is that Tendulkar hears the right voices in the crowd when he has edged a few seaming balls at Headingley into the gloves of the ‘ keeper and when the tiny bundle of sweaters frozen in the outfield at Middlesbrough drops a catch . |
| 3 | He has played a few games and had received treatment . |
| 4 | With The Cook , The Thief , His Wife And Her Lover ( 18 ) he has made a few changes , but certain basic principles hold good : the look of everything is still turned into art history , and the meaning of everything is still turned into nothing , a nothing that sometimes seems despairing and sometimes only smug . |
| 5 | He has got a few bruises . |
| 6 | He has got a few bruises . |
| 7 | As Montag begins to realise how wrong his community is , he starts to steal a few books rather than burn them all . |
| 8 | Just put Webby on the right-hand side of midfield and put little Gary Crosby up the middle where he 's played a few times for Forest . |
| 9 | Well , Wayne is very gullible when he 's had a few and when you , Leslie , told him he was going to be a football star , it went to his head and he happily paid you the £10 signing-on fee . |
| 10 | Never mind you can play the Bare Naked Lady thingummybobs and er then hopefully we go oh he 's in the shop he 's had a few customers we 'll get back to John a bit later . |
| 11 | The only difference is he 's had a few thousand extra because it 's got two kitchens and two bathrooms . |
| 12 | Oh he 's got a few ! |
| 13 | he 's got a few bits , there 's still another few bits to be done you know but it just looks such a mess |
| 14 | Yeah , he 's got a few big jobs . |
| 15 | . Mhm so he 's got a few possibilities . |
| 16 | He 's pulled a few plonkers , I thought . |
| 17 | He 's pulled a few plonkers already ! |