Example sentences of "we [verb] a few [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile , Intel still denies that there is any delay in volume deliveries of the Pentium 80586 microprocessor for public consumption , but vendors briefed by the company have confirmed that , as we revealed a few weeks ago ( UX No 410 ) , the part at present needs a heat sink and a fan , and that Intel is unlikely to be able to ship in volume before the fourth quarter 1993 . |
| 2 | ‘ We lose a few holidaymakers every year . |
| 3 | We met a few times . |
| 4 | Nicky has no illusions about organic farming : ‘ We made a few mistakes at the beginning . |
| 5 | And our Lord in the words that we 've read gives a very solemn answer to that question in the , in those words that we read a few moments ago and his immediate answer to the question you know are there few that be saved , was to say many , this was in the following verse , many shall not be able to be saved , now does that mean that only a few will be saved , that there 's only a few people who are gon na be in heaven that Jesus Christ came and died on the cross for about a handful of people , a small percentage does that what it , is that what it means , well lets look and see what the bible has to say , in Matthew chapter seven in verse thirteen and verse fourteen , this is what Jesus says enter by the narrow gate for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction and many of those who enter by it , for the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life , but few of those who find it any way in the same book , in , in Matthew in , in , in chapter twenty two and in , in , in verse fourteen , listen again to what it says there Jesus is speaking he says for many a called , but few are chosen |
| 6 | We sold a few T-shirts , but otherwise barely caused a ripple . |
| 7 | One of the wonder boys we sold a few years back was Ian Snodin , to Everton . |
| 8 | During the bad weather we experienced a few disasters and events , but they were of little consequence . |
| 9 | We passed a few minutes in the exchanges that usually pass for conversation between people who know each other slightly and have no real business connection . |
| 10 | You nomes in the Store did n't know about my people , and we lived a few miles away . |
| 11 | We got a few laughs and the local press gave me a good write-up , and the church warden came to me and he said to me ‘ Frank , you should be an actor , ’ and I thought God had spoken because in those days , he was representing God as far as I was concerned … . |
| 12 | And then we had the er the battledress was issued , the khaki , and erm we was had our head headquarters were started , the headquarters were started in an office at , one of the office rooms at the at the Bloxwich Lock and Stamping Company by the , the top offices we used to call them , by the gates , we had one of the rooms there for and it eventually became the armoury when we got some equipment because rifles etcetera was in very short supply after Dun Dunkirk So eventually we had a few rifles and er when the er we got a few rifles and er the sirens went it was the practice at the beginning when the sirens went in this area for everything to stop and everyone down the shelter but it happened four or five times , everybody realized how non-productive this was , that the time that was lost and there was nothing happening in this area so it was decided by the R T B that we , the , the people off the shop floor would n't stop work until the attack was really imminent or it had started because if this , this was happening all over the Midlands area and of course if you , if you multiply that by the number of people at work you can imagine how much production was lost erm and also when the sirens went Major at the factory used to get the chappies out from off the shop floor , get the few rifles we 'd got , take we in to King George 's playing fields there was a , a brook running across King George 's playing fields then , it had n't and a trench which was extended to stop er aircraft from landing in King George 's cos it was just a big open space . |
| 13 | ‘ I think it 's time we got a few things clear . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's time we got a few things sorted out . |
| 15 | Well I got a video and , like , that 's all we got a few videos and the video showed you how to use a condom , and that was it . |
| 16 | Okay we changed a few words just to fit the words we could find , but yes , we , we had about a minute at the end , we read it through , and yes , it was fine . |
| 17 | Yes yes we found a few flowers an |
| 18 | We found a few examples of workers who had been in the uninterrupted employment of a single organisation long enough to qualify for dismissal protection and statutory redundancy compensation rights , but who still had temporary status . |
| 19 | Yeah , we stopped a few times you know in the |
| 20 | You see towards the bottom er we pose a few questions there , I 'm going to ask you in a few minutes to introduce yourselves and to say what what sort of presentations you make at the moment . |
| 21 | We swapped a few anecdotes about buffoons we had encountered and then went our separate ways , hands thrust deep into our respective double-thickness , Gortex , all-weather , storm-force shell outers . |
| 22 | ‘ A couple of interviews this morning , and I met Penny Seu Chen this afternoon and she showed me round our building , studios and offices , and we rearranged a few things in mine . |
| 23 | We learnt a few lessons on how we could have improved it but we felt very pleased with it as our first attempt . |
| 24 | I fully understand the considerable cross-party support for what was said in the ten-minute Bill , but it is important that we wait a few months to see where the European Court comes down . |
| 25 | We put a few records on the jukebox and got him to mime along . |
| 26 | Finally we give in and rent the movie we ignored a few months ago when we went to see Midnight Run . |
| 27 | To make our special pasta , we break a few eggs . |
| 28 | So this evening , as we come to the end of one year and prepare for the next , can we spend a few minutes doing a spiritual work-out and look at the consequences of what John wrote about the uniqueness of Jesus . |
| 29 | We give a few examples . |
| 30 | ‘ Last year we arranged a few entertainment evenings over at one of our sister Homes . |