Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun pl] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was still a pleasant Scots lilt to her Voice . |
| 2 | SCOTVEC will supply a complete results file to the SED — who need the data to compile the ‘ Statistical Bulletin ’ on National Certificate . |
| 3 | He darted down the passage after Twoflower , and after a few moments came to a halt with a groan . |
| 4 | The highlight is ‘ Nhan Tin ’ ( or missing persons ) , which gives individual inmates a few moments to appeal to relatives living in America , Canada or Australia . |
| 5 | ‘ There are a number of high quality players at the university who are playing with other club sides , as well as a few players returning to the province , ’ he said . |
| 6 | I 've had a few copies made to be on the safe side : solicitors , banks … you know . |
| 7 | Any of my old school friends in Wallingford that know me er well they 'll just never believe that I can run 26 miles because I do n't know if when you were at school , but when er when we used to have a cross-country run I was the one at the back and usually the P E instructor used to go round and whack us with a slipper , you know the slow ones and I was unfortunately one of those , but er now I 've been running with the Bicester Road Runners for what 2 years , er half , I 've done a few half marathons , nothing anywhere near 26 miles , I 've , my furthest run until yesterday was 16 miles , and yesterday , injured , with a bandage round my knee , I managed 18 miles , and I 'm pleased to say it 's still holding out and I 'm quietly confident that I 'm going to complete this , and like I say , if I can er well , just get the local businesses in Bicester interested and to support me , I say however small , just a , you know , if they , a penny a mile from just a few of the businesses in Bicester and , well , the Bible school could have , you know , a few pounds coming to them , which I 'm sure they 'd be , you know , greatly received . |
| 8 | Only a few groups responded to our earlier notice , and one or two sent an order directly to Lisson Grove ( at the highest price ) . |
| 9 | Buus does in a few cases revert to earlier material or in one instance , as we have seen , achieve cohesion at the expense of monotony by basing a whole piece on a single idea . |
| 10 | But in the potato channel are lumps of earth and a few stones masquerading as vegetable , and in the stone channel a few potatoes pretending to be mineral . |
| 11 | If the marriage between small businesses and financiers is to have a happy ending , the couple need more than a guiding hand from a few enthusiasts dedicated to their cause . |
| 12 | Please could I ask you to find a few minutes to write to the Secretary of State for Wales , Welsh Office , Cathays Park , Cardiff CF1 3NQ , urging him to persuade his cabinet colleagues of the importance of finding time for an Environment Bill which includes these measures . |
| 13 | He did not know of it , a thought which after a few minutes occurred to Wainfleet when Wickham encountered him in the pub . |
| 14 | It took only a few minutes to run to the kitchen and request Agnes Diggory to take Lady Merchiston 's luncheon tray straight upstairs when it was ready , and then Theda passed out of the house into the early warmth of a sunny April day , Hector charging ahead . |
| 15 | A lovely path goes up alongside amongst trees and in a few minutes leads to the open corrie and an impressive mountain scene : directly ahead is Beinn Dearg , the high mass on the left is Beinn Alligin and on the right is the last satellite of the Liathach range . |
| 16 | Vaquero offers the city-bound reader a few minutes to escape to a time and place that we are losing ’ . |
| 17 | A few questions spring to mind … can you have ANYTHING printed on it , or just players names … |
| 18 | You know your workbooks that you 've got , he 's actually asking you a few questions relating to the statistics that er , Dr. Bernard 's going to mention , so can I ask you to get your workbooks and a pen , just so that you can jot down some of the information . |
| 19 | I 've made a few attempts to try to potty train her without any success . |
| 20 | If only a few births occur to teenagers who are under 18 years old , then the infant mortality of the " under 20 " maternal age group may be dominated by the lower mortality at maternal ages 18–19 , which may explain the apparent " anomaly " of the Danish data . |
| 21 | You 'll have to excuse me now , I 've still got a few things to see to before my audience arrives . |
| 22 | I have a few things to say to my sister . ’ |
| 23 | The breakdown of English intellectual insularity is welcome in principle , but a few things need to be said about this new turn to France . |
| 24 | There were a few guards scattered to the side of the road , all armed , no more than six or seven as far as Adam could make out . |
| 25 | ‘ Sir — You are an Anti-Reformer — and therefore we have a few words to say to you — When the news reached Glasgow of the defeat of the Reform Bill , did you attend the Royal Exchange Rooms ? |
| 26 | There was just a few yards walk to the main road , a careful look around , then across it , instinctively choosing the potential cover of a derelict warehouse on that side rather than the dockyard fence on this . |
| 27 | There was some desultory laughter and a few heads turned to the back of the room . |
| 28 | A few points need to be borne in mind when trying out this sequence . |
| 29 | ‘ We would like to go over a few points relating to the Livesey murder , ’ Bragg said evenly . |
| 30 | While a few policemen tried to the bitter end to avoid conversation with the field-worker , sufficient rapport was established over time for the majority to talk quite openly to her about what are highly sensitive and controversial topics in a Northern Ireland context . |