Example sentences of "a [det] [noun pl] [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In contrast , a few firms do help new recruits with bridging finance and/or pay a disturbance allowance . |
| 2 | ‘ But I think a few rats did survive . |
| 3 | It is therefore useful to get a few adults to help calm down the too lively children . |
| 4 | To their credit , a few prisoners do manage to discover their loving , creative , expansive side — Jimmy Boyle being a celebrated example — but this does break the unspoken rule . |
| 5 | One possible factor in the success of some of these marriages is that quite a few women do seem to get a kick out of seeing men dressed up in women 's clothing , though I do n't know why . |
| 6 | At later stages a few problems did develop , but they involved only a small minority of the cases . |
| 7 | Gloucester showed no desire to unleash a northern invasion of the south , although a few northerners did receive minor pickings there . |
| 8 | Gloucester showed no desire to unleash a northern invasion of the south , although a few northerners did receive minor pickings there . |
| 9 | Ulcerative colitis associated with PSC is usually quiescent or only mildly active but a few patients do have moderately active disease . |
| 10 | Down behind him in the straggly little valley , I notice that a few allotments do remain , after all . |