Example sentences of "find a few [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So Leith left the two of them in the kitchen and found a few tidying-up jobs to do in the dining-room . |
| 2 | Rough seas hit boat fishing off Walney Island and Barrow anglers unable to get out anywhere except in the Roa Channel where they found a few small codling and dabs . |
| 3 | There are a few areas where descriptions are skimped ( for instance of Doppler effect ) and I found a few small errors . |
| 4 | Eventually Anthony took the pad away and found a few albino strands growing behind . |
| 5 | And in their own dossiers , I found a few suggestive hints to the effect that Rains and Kruger were hardly spotless . |
| 6 | In the fine litter of sawdust and shavings under the bench the morning light found a few abrupt blue glitters of metal . |
| 7 | We found a few more smaller parties near the Benelips and Filla , two small grass-topped islets which form the south-western extremity of Out Skerries . |
| 8 | It is sometimes possible to find a few rare or special examples of an artist 's work that dealers have sold at rising prices , but this is no basis for saying prices for that artist 's work in general have risen . |
| 9 | Mr Smith will need to find a few more if he is to become Prime Minister . |
| 10 | Found a few new life-forms , too . |
| 11 | I have since found a few other resorts like Argentiere . |
| 12 | She had already found a few unexpected steps , up or down , and slammed a toe against a new level . |
| 13 | we find a few more , right let it go . |
| 14 | There are structural difficulties and the Council of Ministers has come up with a typical measure — just finding a few extra bob to see whether it will solve the problem . |
| 15 | ‘ If I could find a few grand . ’ |
| 16 | Well , no , not really Ma'am , there were still charts to plot , and observations to send to Group , and instruments to read — and the unspoken implication , ever present , was that we were Grade 2 technicians , and if she wanted to make up the numbers on parade surely she could find a few more pen-pushers in nine-to-five jobs ? |