Example sentences of "i [verb] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er er , I 've , er I just I 'm just saying that , er , that , that last year er , when I made a few remarks that they were misquoted by Reuters and we did leave the meeting and the share price dropped by er , several P and we had to send out a correcting statement so this year we 've taken the precaution of issuing a press release er , at the same time as er , er , I 'm making these remarks so I hope at least they wo n't be misinterpreted . |
| 2 | Now that was the point I made a few moments ago . |
| 3 | It 's going to cost you under thirty eight pounds , so I 've got a little bit of wei , leeway if I made a few mistakes . |
| 4 | Yes , I made a few mistakes at first , like cutting up their slices of salami to the thickness of a sliced loaf . |
| 5 | I made a few inquiries . |
| 6 | I made a few suggestions , creating chances , scoring goals , but it did not get through . |
| 7 | ‘ I made a few enquiries an' it 's up fer rent , ’ he called back . |
| 8 | ‘ When I got your letter , I made a few enquiries and discovered that you are intending to practise from Broom House . |
| 9 | Well , you know , I think it was a kind of sports bag or something and I thought oh I 'll go along with that and the other , I mean I had heard of them before and I made a few enquiries and they said , you know , you you were quite quality company so I thought |
| 10 | In a survey on shopping which I made a few years ago one of my student interviewers was questioning an old lady about the grocer 's shop she used . |
| 11 | Yeah I mean a few months ago I had absolutely no idea at all what |
| 12 | I sling a few carcasses to prowling cats , and I get told off for it . |
| 13 | I develop a few prospects , and a severe case of dysentery . |
| 14 | My lack of means is extreme , granted , and I look bad , skin white , mouth chapped , body apparently even shorter than usual , eye roaming and I daresay a bit fretful , trousers in bad shape , attention astray for a book lying around to pinch or even an old magazine , since I sold a few volumes I should now like to have kept , in exchange for a slug of what turned out to be the world 's nastiest though cheapest whiskey . |
| 15 | Having found a comfortable Gasthof in the suburb of Spitalhof , I passed a few hours wandering the old town . |
| 16 | ‘ I passed a few exams . ’ |
| 17 | Without being asked , I pick a few motes of white lint from the jacket 's dark surface and help him straighten his tie . |
| 18 | Well , even I got a few laughs from their replies to that one . |
| 19 | Analysing his match-winning contribution he said : ‘ Prior to the match I tried a few shots from that same position with my right foot and missed . |
| 20 | Though I read no sympathy in his face or mouth , I found a few words to offer . |
| 21 | I had a huge living room that needed repainting and so I invited a few friends along , asked them to bring a paint-brush each and I supplied the food and drink . |
| 22 | mimics them and that , oh I hate that , I hate that as I say a few times I thought to myself I do not like |
| 23 | And then expand on it , and so I go into each of these and I go to the and I say a few words about each of these particular themes . |
| 24 | I 've had a couple of letters asking me whether I ever managed to give up smoking as I promised a few months ago . |
| 25 | ‘ I entered a few eisteddfods and competitions and did the exams but that was as far as I went . |
| 26 | Apart from the considerations which I mentioned a few moments ago , it would indeed . |
| 27 | Er we have n't used very much of it this year I mean I think er I mentioned a few weeks ago the , the question of trips out perhaps in the spring to do fish and that , we could consider er we do n't want to just go er accumulating money for the sake of it erm , we want to get some benefit out of the money we 've got . |
| 28 | ‘ May I steal a few minutes of your time on this unique occasion and go back to November 22 , 1944 when nine Mosquitos from our Squadron were briefed to mark the U-Boat pens at Trondheim for 171 Lancasters . |
| 29 | I stopped a few yards from the house . |
| 30 | " I think I learnt a few things , " laughs Eva though at the time it must have been extremely painful for the girl who had " excelled at everything " . |