Example sentences of "a few [noun] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reserve a few watercress leaves for garnish . |
| 2 | Jack played a few wartime matches in the London Combination for Palace at their new home at The Nest and then signed professional forms for the club when he left the Forces . |
| 3 | This change results in a wave of electrical activity passing down the nerve cell membrane — a wave called an action potential that in a few milliseconds passes from the cell body along the axon to the synapse . |
| 4 | The water pours on until a few inches has collected in the bottom . |
| 5 | T prevented him from playing rugby , but even a few knock-out blows from bowlers like Allan Donald have failed to temper his international cricketing ambitions . |
| 6 | Modern British architects worth their salt , or future knighthoods , can be counted on a few colour spreads of the Prince of Wales 's bestselling book A Vision of Britain . |
| 7 | The screen shivered and cleared as he cut off , which allowed me to offer him a few choice epithets that he could n't hear . |
| 8 | The Portland stone bears a few battle scars from the Blitz as well as the inscription from the Book of Exodus : |
| 9 | I then added a few alchemilla leaves to provide a contrast with the dark background . |
| 10 | Is she regis she 's registered with quite a few agencies has n't she ? |
| 11 | ‘ I managed to win a few line-out takes and the backrow picked up a bit of their possession which pleased us as a unit . |
| 12 | Its main elements are our own Fran Breen 's drums , James Hooker 's touch and song-sensitive piano and a few keyboard washes from co-producer , Rod Argent with her own and Byrd Burton 's guitars discreetly nudging the dynamics . |
| 13 | The opinions of the potential user — the viewer — are paramount , not the potential problem for a few VCR illiterates . |
| 14 | Fear not , for excellent runners are once more in abundance and arms , should they be feeling the angle , need only last a few layaway moves to gain larger holds in the base of the slim upper groove . |
| 15 | A lovely path goes up alongside amongst trees and in a few minutes leads to the open corrie and an impressive mountain scene : directly ahead is Beinn Dearg , the high mass on the left is Beinn Alligin and on the right is the last satellite of the Liathach range . |
| 16 | They 'll be looking for a few home runs at their new home at Dowty Aerospace . |
| 17 | Bone accumulations such as these are usually self-evident , and while they indicate which animals were present in an area , their limitation to a few species restricts their usefulness for ecological interpretation . |
| 18 | You may have dismissed the Japanese exercising before work or the Chinese performing their Tai Chi routines , but when you have undertaken a few exercise disciplines yourself you will admire their dedication . |
| 19 | As she came through the side roads to her house she heard a few trial notes on a wind instrument of some sort — a clarinet , was it ? a run of notes that seemed to carry on where the last solitary trill of the bird had stopped , and then a beat , beat , beat of a bass and a drum slowly swinging in , and the band , trying out their numbers high up in a house , lilted together into a piece , melancholy at base with gay little twiddles from the clarinet bravely calling that nightfall was not the end of hope , not a closure — a little bit of swing filtering over back gardens to draw people out , out into the spring night , a beat along the channels of their blood suggesting that this hour , as the light dies , as the dusk creeps along the ground , is not an ending but a beginning . |
| 20 | JOHN OLVER , captain of Courage league leaders Northampton , will be making a few telephone calls to former Harlequin colleagues in the next couple of days . |
| 21 | A few telephone calls to other units showed that our hospital was not an exception . |
| 22 | With the help of guides , technical literature and a few telephone calls you can often determine precisely which pieces of equipment you require . |
| 23 | And I might , I think I 'll put in there , I 'll make him up a basket of goodies with erm a few telephone stamps on a card and ooh I do n't know what . |
| 24 | ON AIR : John Leslie gives a few TV tips to Colin at the Blue Peter Studio . |
| 25 | Along the way we have some mild humour , a few belly laughs , touch of drama and a running commentary on the football game . |
| 26 | ‘ The pretense that the constant repetition of a few words constitutes a story becomes an insult to the child 's intelligence ’ ( ibid , p.221 ) . |
| 27 | type a few carriage returns until the PAD prompt appears |
| 28 | I really enjoy watching boxing and try to get to see a few sports programmes every week . |
| 29 | Finally , a few guideline wishes for the 1990s : undoubtedly , first , that the Channel Tunnel will be completed without undue delay and that a new highspeed route will rapidly follow through Kent ; that under their new chairman , Robert Reid the second , from Shell , due to take his post in October 1990 , BR will somehow regain a touch of personality , warmth , humanity , without losing their commercial edge ; that the policy of providing new and cheaperto-operate stock for secondary routes rather than handing down yesterday 's worn-out express trains pays real dividends and prevents too much discussion of ‘ bustitution ’ ; and that defensive theory will give way to common-sense pragmatism over matters such as the quality of the printed timetable and what really benefits the customer . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'd always been good with a sewing machine , ’ she says , ‘ so a kindly neighbour asked me to run her up a few silk separates for the summer holidays . |