Example sentences of "to [be] [verb] [art] few " in BNC.

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1 ‘ We did say we 'd limit him to thirty mares as he 's been so busy competing , but somehow we managed to allow our arms to be twisted a few times .
2 Stoddards Carpets Maintenance Worker Robert Kerr could never be accused of being a high flyer — but he certainly seems to be producing a few .
3 ‘ However , that depends how the Irish Hockey Union view the situation and I expect to be asked a few questions .
4 This information is relevant to plans for local advertising , leaflet distribution , and for determining the potential for opening another branch to be sited a few kilometres away .
5 Haberdashers and provision merchants were to be granted a few houses .
6 New account holders will receive their opening pack immediately , to be followed a few days later by their Route Seventeen Card .
7 United 's luck changed then as Martin went off with an ankle injury , to be followed a few minutes later by Stoke defender Chris Hemming , a clattering tackle on Derning brought the red card out of the referee 's pocket and boos for Hemming .
8 His conclusion that it was simply an old-fashioned recognition of his comparative youth was to be torpedoed a few minutes later when he heard her addressing his neighbour as Alf .
9 Rain water is ideal , tap water needs to be left a few days to mature before stocking .
10 During filming he became firm friends with Steve McQueen , who played a psychopathic , womanizing American bomber captain who tries to seduce his co-pilot 's English girlfriend , only to be told a few home truths about his attitude to people and war .
11 She was then put in an armchair only to be told a few minutes later that her operation had been cancelled because the hospital was ‘ short staffed ’ .
12 Special care baby units are phenomenally expensive in equipment ; there 's an awful lot of monitoring equipment that 's required , and it has to be updated every few years , and the costs are quite out of proportion to the amount of money available to the health authority , so that er , on the whole , special care baby units throughout the country now rely virtually totally on charitable giving .
13 Gardens which have been carefully designed and closely planted may appear to be unsuitable for additional plantings of herbs , but a herbaceous border , for instance , which needs to be re-dug every few years , with some of its incumbents divided or discarded , can well take some herbal plants , to supply flowers and/or architectural quality .
14 They need to be divided every few years , so that good flowers will continue to appear .
15 Does the Great Tower seem to be shifted a few yards ?
16 We were more used to being given a few cans of lager and that was it , ’ says Solowka .
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