Example sentences of "and [vb base] a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I try and rig a few wires up ! |
| 2 | 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 … ’ |
| 3 | Drape the map over the corner of the chest and make a few tears in it . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ Yes , you know , as in go into a pub and order something in a glass and eat a few nuts and so on . ’ |
| 6 | Go and push a few notes on your own piano ; there 's no one here to wince at the sound you make these days . |
| 7 | Erm one of the problems fish have on this is that they lay their eggs in gravel or something like that and where males have their own nest sometimes another male comes along and er takes it over , hijacks it piracy and interestingly enough what happens in those situations a pirate male will come in , displace the existing male from his nest and fertilize a few eggs and then buzz off . |
| 8 | ‘ Spray paint that over and wait a few minutes . |
| 9 | Except ride round on a horse and pen a few articles when the mood took her . |
| 10 | So there was always room to run down there and do some work for somebody else and earn a few shillings , that road . |
| 11 | The first real impact of the 1986 Act came to governors with the requirements to produce a formal report to parents and hold an annual parents ' meeting . |
| 12 | Anyone who did n't get his leg over and smoke a few joints was n't in it as a normal human being . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ In the Oxford of the late Sixties , anyone who did n't get his leg over and smoke a few joints was n't in it as a normal human being ’ |
| 14 | To serve , turn out the puddings onto individual , heatproof serving plates and add a few pieces of fruit to decorate . |
| 15 | I therefore decided that I would use one of the 4′ water tanks available from builders ' merchants as the vat , and add a smaller 18″ water tank to this for the filtration |
| 16 | They had stopped at an inn close to Minster Lovell to buy a grand meal and sup a few tankards of ale . |
| 17 | For those of you who invite people round for drinks on the spur of the moment , it is a very good idea to visit your local ‘ deli ’ and purchase a few packets of ready cooked canapé cups and miniature tartlet cases . |
| 18 | ‘ You just have to think on your feet and open a few tins , ’ says Paul . |
| 19 | An office colleague to whom I had told my story , went to Lochinver by train and bus a few months later and stayed at the same cottage . |
| 20 | She 'd done very little except cook for them , and run a few messages . |
| 21 | You spent some time describing how the linesiders were disappointed but nothing about the sterling work done by the loco department at Loughborough to put matters right and ensure a full days running on the Sunday . |
| 22 | ‘ Get hold of some ordinary chap and drop a few hints in his ear . ’ |
| 23 | Go and pack a few things , enough for a couple of days . |
| 24 | Well I would have bought maybe dried fruit and er extra coal token , you know you bought your coal tokens and your milk tokens , maybe bought an extra coal token and erm maybe went and get a dozen cakes or something like that . |
| 25 | My father will go to the cash and carry every week , and perhaps he 'll pop into into Tesco 's or something and get a few bits and pieces , so we got a lot in the fridge , but it 's not a lot of variety . |
| 26 | Stay a few days and visit a few places , drink more wine , eat more pasta and then go . |
| 27 | I have also read the handwritten text between the top and bottom a dozen times : |
| 28 | About 100 yds after passing confluence of streams cross right-hand path to river where safe , and ascend a few yards to reach well-defined path which leads parallel to right-hand stream , following it up to its source . |
| 29 | The only thing she could do now was find Ana and mend a few fences . |
| 30 | It is still possible to open a door and find a dozen women sitting quietly round a bench sewing small squares of silk , with all the cloistered intensity of medieval seamstresses . |