Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun pl] of [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , he seems to have made a complete balls of it , ’ said Sir Harry . |
| 2 | His wife , played by Greta Scacchi , has a few secrets of her own . |
| 3 | I 'd like to take a few moments of your time … |
| 4 | I would be most grateful if you could spare me a few moments of your time . ’ |
| 5 | I 'm sure you can spare me a few moments of your time . ’ |
| 6 | Few of us would be surprised to find an interviewer on our doorstep asking us to give a few moments of our time " to answer one or two questions " on our voting habits , which TV programmes we watch or which washing powder we use . |
| 7 | MENTION big-time tennis venues round here and folk let you prattle on about Wimbledon , Roland Garros , Flushing Meadow and Flinders Park and then press a few claims of their own . |
| 8 | On one occasion I lay down for a rest , dozed off for 15 minutes , and awoke to find half a dozen sitting on branches within a few metres of my recumbent form . |
| 9 | I have pleasure in enclosing a few copies of our new recruitment leaflet which I hope you feel will enable you to attract a lot of people in your area to become CPRW members . |
| 10 | Jack Millar himself recalled a few stories of his experiences as a salesman , much to the amusement of all present , including his family who had come from far and wide to be there . |
| 11 | Because people had seen the recorder being switched off , they ignored the microphones , leaving them within a few inches of their mouths , thus enabling us to record conversation of superb acoustic quality . |
| 12 | A few remarks of mine in the past about the nature of my so-called ‘ disease ’ were simply rather embarrassed asides to explain away this foolish affectation . |
| 13 | A few memories of your adolescence , in Swallow , was pretty safe territory . ’ |
| 14 | Volunteers need only provide a few hours of their time a week to be trained as a tutor . |
| 15 | I am doing my best , but I wish a few more would give a few hours of their time . , . |
| 16 | If you live in the Wallingford area and have a railway interest perhaps you might like to join this enthusiastic group and give them a few hours of your time . |
| 17 | Hari returned to the attack , ‘ A few hours of your time , that 's all . ’ |
| 18 | It will only take a few hours of your time . |
| 19 | A few hours of your time can make the Fund a fortune so please phone Jane Milligan . |
| 20 | We can contemplate many pictures of large-wheeled carts , for example , and a few scraps of them remain ; but the details of land transport are still obscure , though we become ever more aware how much must have travelled on exceedingly inadequate roads . |
| 21 | It marks a change of heart for Scorsese , who once swore he would never make a film about the Mafia , and led De Niro to break a few rules of his own : ‘ I was in the middle of filming We 're No Angels when we started to discuss GoodFellas and began working on my role , Jim Conway , together . |
| 22 | In any case , it does not detract from my central theme that ‘ traditional ’ chemistry is brought alive by anecdotes and can be great fun , a feat that modern chemistry simply can not match except perhaps in the case of hydroxyethane ( ethanol ) , after a few glasses of which , who cares anyway ? |
| 23 | We would readily accept that a few members of our profession have , on occasion , behaved deplorably . |
| 24 | A few strokes of his pen brought out all the Irishness of an Irishman ; proud lean faces were a speciality . |
| 25 | I have seen an old lighterman take a loaded barge across the Thames in the Pool of London with a few strokes of his sweep — and a canny use of the tide . |
| 26 | Sam Baker QC ( almost ) from number 113a had suggested that he ‘ bring along a few bottles of my Australian Chardonnay ’ but no one could face the prospect of being talked through another glass of uniquely flinty , resonantly expressive Murray River Chardonnay by Sam Baker QC ( almost ) . |
| 27 | He 'll no doubt be cracking open a few bottles of his now famous brew to celebrate his achievement . |
| 28 | It 's a market as well that 's created a few monsters of its own . |
| 29 | I venture to add a few observations of my own only because I have to confess to having been a somewhat reluctant convert to the notion that the words which Parliament has chosen to use in a statute for the expression of its will may fall to be construed or modified by reference to what individual members of Parliament may have said in the course of debate or discussion preceding the passage of the Bill into law . |
| 30 | For the predictions that have made him famous , Britain 's top amateur weather-watcher would rather rely on a few observations of his own … |