Example sentences of "and [verb] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | I went back to the Maggot 's foul house , where he kept his killer dog and astonishing collection of guns , and we sat on his makeshift verandah that overlooked a noxious and polluted creek and shared a few whiskies as he told me an incredibly tedious tale of how he had once sacked the quarterback of the San Francisco Sugar Plums . |
| 2 | Later , as night crept over the Rorim , they met in Riven 's room and shared a few pitchers of ale . |
| 3 | Grate nutmeg over this , and strew a few coloured comfits on the top if you choose . " |
| 4 | After casting on and knitting a few rows , you just need a couple of minutes from time to time to go back to the machine and change the punchcard or pattern number . |
| 5 | And they would all come through and stay a few nights with |
| 6 | I try and rig a few wires up ! |
| 7 | It was published shortly after I 'd taken part in a time and motion study during which I 'd spoken to the man with the clip-board and asked a few pertinent questions . |
| 8 | ‘ I think there 's a good chance that Billy was brought in here and asked a few nasty questions by his fellow liberationists and maybe there was a fight . ’ |
| 9 | I too got to the Imperial by 12:30 and asked a few likely candindates were Tim ! |
| 10 | Kathleen answered the phone , listened for a minute and asked a few questions , and then cradled the receiver with a groan . |
| 11 | And try and squeeze a few back a bit further . |
| 12 | Mr Bush dealt with the older children first and placed a few evacuees with them at the back . |
| 13 | In 1836 Sir Charles Knightley , one of the richest men in England , had to ride twenty miles to break open his daughter 's money box and borrow a few sovereigns before he could … ’ |
| 14 | Drape the map over the corner of the chest and make a few tears in it . |
| 15 | Nightingale Park is in Edmonton and offers a few remaining studios and one-bedroom apartments , priced from £42,000 and £48,000 respectively . |
| 16 | I mean , those are just we just went out and chucked a few fucking trees down . |
| 17 | Now already , she 's had a wash and a workout or two , and read a few books and she thinks she 's the answer to an Amazon 's prayer . |
| 18 | Well there 's another lad he 's been ill in health he 's worked more now than he ever has cos he used to work a few days and lose a few days and he was n't . |
| 19 | Mark and cut the shape on a piece of cardboard , transfer on to the front of the tile , and using a few downward strokes to get the cut started , saw out the shape . |
| 20 | One evening , David , Barry , Christina and John Hutchinson were all sitting in my front room and talking about what we could actually do to earn some money It was suggested that we might go down to one of the local pubs which held regular jazz nights , to see if they had an evening free and perhaps we could run a folk club just one evening a week and maybe charge people to come in and make a few pennies for ourselves . |
| 21 | The reason he slipped out was to phone and make a few arrangements for them . |
| 22 | On the few occasions when Fernando had some pressing business to attend to she was able to put her own mind to work and make a few valuable contacts for the agency but the majority of her time was spent with her love . |
| 23 | We stopped at one of his regular suppliers and cadged a few sea urchins , then the knife to eat them with . |
| 24 | The setting sun glowed at the bottom of her half-acre garden , lightly gilding the fruit blossom with a pinkish-gold lustre and reflecting a few faint rays from the greenhouse windows . |
| 25 | You get the impression Ruud and Marco could have taken their skills anywhere in the world , found success and made a few friends as well . |
| 26 | Delmar Benjamin 's GeeBee Replica flew each day and made a few passes around the pylons . |
| 27 | So , after a little research in Bangkok , I wrote a few letters and made a few calls and found a Brother distributer . |
| 28 | I had most of the morning to myself and made a few calls to clients , to a financial journalist whose opinion I valued and finally to Andrew Buccleuth . |
| 29 | He turned and made a few fast strokes in pursuit , and swam into a current of colder water that snaked across the bay and washed round him . |
| 30 | Then Amanda had lain on the bed and made a few suggestions which insulted his experience ; he 'd fumbled hurriedly with zips and cuff buttons , his Calvinistic conscience retreating into its corner , and then exultation was running through him like the roar of the crowd the night Jim Watt had won his title . |