Example sentences of "a [adj] things [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When we find this extremely difficult , there are a few things we can do to make it easier . |
| 2 | that I 'm w now , so what I suggest we do , is before we say we must make your premenstrual tension better with various manip various bits and bobs , and there are quite a few things we can do to help . |
| 3 | Erm I just want to go back and talk about a few things we just touched on earlier . |
| 4 | ‘ I think there are a few things we ought to get straight , ’ he said coolly . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'll just fetch a few things we might need . ’ |
| 6 | There 's a few things we need from the shops that I did n't get yesterday . |
| 7 | Therefore the few staff sit up late at night to prepare lectures on a few things they know about and a lot of things they know not much about , and spend their time keeping one page ahead of the class and depending on the textbook . |
| 8 | However , I have now been through the notebook you left with me and there are a few things I wish . |
| 9 | I have enclosed a few things I would like you to look at when you have a moment . |
| 10 | He started off at Ramsbottom depot , er , a few things I did n't know about him . |
| 11 | ‘ And I suppose there are quite a few things I have n't done . |
| 12 | ‘ It sounds nice and I appreciate it , but if it 's all the same to you , there are a few things I need to catch up on . |
| 13 | Come ashore with me — I have a few things I must do . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's my first race so there 's a few things I 've got to work on , ’ Mansell said . |
| 15 | A few things I taped off the radio . |
| 16 | Just a few things she has to do . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Listen to me , pal , because there are a few things you could learn . |
| 18 | But before you install one , especially of the coal or gas-burning variety , which needs the correct flue conditions so that harmful fumes are expelled , there are a few things you must check . |
| 19 | There are a few things you can do to make sure that when Animosity strikes the effect is minimal . |
| 20 | Okay Suzanne before you go for your first sail there are a few things you need to learn about basic boat controls . |
| 21 | ‘ Right , young lady , there are a few things you need to know about how I run this unit , and the first is that my nurses do n't loll around in the corridors indulging in idle chatter with strange men ! ’ |
| 22 | there were a few things he could bring with him . |
| 23 | ‘ There 's a thousand things I want to ask you , Mr O'Dell . |
| 24 | On my first visit to a venue I take photographs , get hold of the plans , make extensive notes — and there will still be a hundred things I 'll miss . |