Example sentences of "of [v-ing] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bows and arrows being the staple of every river vessel 's equipment , their archers shot back , with the wind , and had the satisfaction of seeing a few men and youngsters impaled . |
| 2 | And in the general confusion over Sunday opening , there was the opportunity of sneaking a few extra days of trading , and most booksellers who took this up were well rewarded for their efforts . |
| 3 | mhm And I suppose in the old days if you actually wanted to know which books were popular and which books were not used at all , you had to a library and to painstakingly look through the shelves , perhaps , and look at the date stamps or something like that , whereas now presumably it 's just a question of pressing a few buttons and the information comes . |
| 4 | mhm And I suppose in the old days if you actually wanted to know which books were popular and which books were not used at all you had to send a librarian to painstakingly look through the shelves , perhaps , and look at the date stamps or something like that , whereas now it 's presumably just a question of pressing a few buttons and the information comes . |
| 5 | He has lost half a stone since his move from Tottenham , partly , he thinks , because French players do not have the English habit of sinking a few post-match lagers . |
| 6 | erm I was slowly sort of pulling a few ideas out of thin air . |
| 7 | Further study will also be given to the possibility of translocating a few Javan rhinos to other reserves within the species ' former range . |
| 8 | It was then that I conceived the idea of getting a few fans that he had in those days to walk around the television company with placards saying Lets Be Fair To The Long Hairs , which did get press publicity , and in the end , the producer relented and he did his first TV show . ’ |
| 9 | If you are giving the fresh flowers yourself , you have the ideal opportunity of holding a few back and pressing them immediately . |
| 10 | Then for the mere trifling expense of printing a few worthless shares in a company that had no hope of building a line , the owner of the list could issue writs and summonses enforcing payment on the hapless subscribers . |
| 11 | On the telephone , they used rhyming slang in case they were overheard ; at the celebrations , the fine crystal glass and good company belied the hazards of patrolling a few dozen miles away . |
| 12 | Chunks of the Peak District are being gobbled up and we 're worried about the environmental implication of drilling a few tiny holes . |
| 13 | ‘ Though this is n't what I 'd have chosen , ’ Nathan murmured , ‘ I have to admit there are worse ways of spending a few weeks . |
| 14 | Brand A provides a really easy way of losing a few extra pounds of weight . |
| 15 | Yeah the the graphs it 's just a question of doing a few and getting the feel of it and then we 'll . |
| 16 | Even Marshall had brushed aside all suggestions of having a few minutes to spare to give Harbury something exclusive . |
| 17 | And instead of having a few puffs and , and saving and throwing two dog ends away you did n't see that , they 'd just break it in half and have half each . |
| 18 | So erm they 're sort of having a few words at the moment . |
| 19 | I find my listening springs best out of reading a few verses from Scripture . |
| 20 | The small surplus that is distributed is so limited that it can not be shared by all , but patronage is a mechanism of selecting a few workers to benefit . |
| 21 | That got home to him He certainly was n't going to miss the chance of making a few bob out of someone with money to spend . |
| 22 | Bets would be made out on odd scraps of paper with all the formula of doubles , ups and downs , trebles , box ups , each way bets , in fact any means of winning a few shillings and saving their stake money that could be found . |
| 23 | Fortunately for us , they had developed the custom of leaving a few of the wild cocoa trees when they felled the forest . |
| 24 | Ladies Night tells of Craig , Barry , Norm , Wes and Gavin , who decide to take up stripping as a way of earning a few extra pennies . |
| 25 | I tried many ways of earning a few extra bob . |
| 26 | It was his habit to patrol the streets of the City , declaiming the Gospel according to Shakespeare to passers-by , emoting his way through the great speeches in the hope of earning a few drinks . |
| 27 | But make a point of trying a few of the most promising new bedding plants each year to see whether they do well in your garden , and match your criteria for a good bedding plant . |
| 28 | Not surprisingly the variations in salary made transfers almost as common an object of solicitation as first appointments and promotions , but requests for a change of post might , however , be occasioned by more significant matters than the possibility of attracting a few additional pounds in salary . |
| 29 | On Day One , the simple exercise of shooting a few scenes in the garden was partly to familiarise you with the idea of editing in camera . |