Example sentences of "they [vb base] [verb] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | They forget to mention a few other little things . |
| 2 | John Gorman says he 's fine and once they start getting a few points you 'll see all the smiling faces back again . |
| 3 | Let's have a look at this , er well they 'd supposedly done weightlifting they 've made , they 've made a few er , they 've seemed to have done some alterations on it so they must have done that one , er wheelchair slalom |
| 4 | Derek says … they 've broken a few boats in testing … they 've been building prototypes for the last six months and have been putting in hours at sea to make sure everything is right |
| 5 | Harringay — they 've took a few from Chelmsford , and as for the Blackburn Black Hawks , they used to be your team mates . |
| 6 | They 've got a few respectable names , of course . |
| 7 | Stereolab always look tonight as if they 've got a few more tricks up their sleeve than anyone else around at the moment , and in an age where recycling the past to create a spurious version of the future is the order of the day , they may well prove to be a benchmark of quality for their times . |
| 8 | And I mean I , I find some clients are really lucky , you know they 've got a few fiddly bits of issues and they keep getting fifty pounds here and fifty pounds there , |
| 9 | But I think they 've closed a few since then . |
| 10 | Cos they 're walking through the area and they 'll if they 've had a few pints , Let's go down Oh we 'll walk through Flats and we 'll smash one or two lights up , smash one or two windows . |
| 11 | If they 've had a few beers , they m they may leave something else behind . |
| 12 | Once they have pasted a few posters in a Punjabi town , the instruction on them becomes law . |
| 13 | As yet unsigned , they have played a few gigs but are still in the process of ‘ refining ’ the music . |
| 14 | And Nick , just before you go , I said before you came on ‘ Abingdon Town clear at the top , but they do have they have played a few more games in their chases ’ , but I gather the results elsewhere went your way today . |
| 15 | They have suffered a few setbacks since clinching their place in the last four , including a midweek League Cup semi-final knockout by Coleraine . |
| 16 | Indeed they have suggested a few areas where the pattern recogniser seems quite weak . |
| 17 | - British Rail issue a new timetable and you have a nasty suspicion that they have juggled it around so that they have deleted a few trains and cut out that convenient late night one , and you look for your old timetable to check but it has gone with the wind . |
| 18 | Others may experience a light-headed sensation as if they have had a few glasses of wine ; a few fall into a deep sleep ! |
| 19 | Some fellows , when they have had a few drinks , and are in the presence of an attractive woman , are prone to talk too much . |