Example sentences of "made a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The back line made a few errors but there was n't anyone on the Southampton side able to take advantage . |
| 2 | Er er , I 've , er I just I 'm just saying that , er , that , that last year er , when I made a few remarks that they were misquoted by Reuters and we did leave the meeting and the share price dropped by er , several P and we had to send out a correcting statement so this year we 've taken the precaution of issuing a press release er , at the same time as er , er , I 'm making these remarks so I hope at least they wo n't be misinterpreted . |
| 3 | She made a few attempts and found that she could not work , she could not even read . |
| 4 | Montgomery made a few notes , then continued his questioning . |
| 5 | Now that was the point I made a few moments ago . |
| 6 | Absolutely , just to make more points , they made a few things up , ex , absolutely . |
| 7 | He certainly made a few enemies . |
| 8 | He made a few passes and the castle diminished and shrank , as you see it now , and he made a pass or two more and it was walled with glass as you see . |
| 9 | Delmar Benjamin 's GeeBee Replica flew each day and made a few passes around the pylons . |
| 10 | He made a few records under the name of Joe Ritchie . |
| 11 | We hear that they made a few proposals of an undetermined nature which we are sure do not involve recording contracts … lives of the rich and famous , eh ? |
| 12 | So , after a little research in Bangkok , I wrote a few letters and made a few calls and found a Brother distributer . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Edward made a few concessions . |
| 16 | The feel of them brought him back into the attic room , to the confusion that made a few words on a piece of paper into a lifeline . |
| 17 | In a private agreement made a few months after the treaty was concluded , Bruce restored Henry Percy 's Scottish lands and he is said to have promised to restore the lands of Henry Beaumont and Thomas Wake of Liddel . |
| 18 | I mean , he made a few comments a but nothing that anybody could tell . |
| 19 | The new calendar , now known as the ‘ Young-Avestan calendar ’ appears to have been adopted in the reign of Cambyses ' great successor Darius I. The most thorough and plausible investigation of the date of its introduction is that made a few years ago by the distinguished historian of ancient astronomy the late Willy Hartner of Frankfurt University . |
| 20 | In a survey on shopping which I made a few years ago one of my student interviewers was questioning an old lady about the grocer 's shop she used . |
| 21 | This was typical ‘ normal science ’ — the very necessary filling-in operation which had to follow the categorically original discoveries made a few years earlier by the chief . |
| 22 | Nevertheless he made a few feints out of sheer exuberance , suggested a turn with his hips , moved at right-angles to his forward path with no loss of speed , changed step three times in successive strides , kicking hard on the last change and accelerating away in the joy of being able to run for ever . |
| 23 | I made a few suggestions , creating chances , scoring goals , but it did not get through . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | He made a few enquiries and was able to track down the thieves . |
| 26 | ‘ I made a few enquiries an' it 's up fer rent , ’ he called back . |
| 27 | ‘ When I got your letter , I made a few enquiries and discovered that you are intending to practise from Broom House . |
| 28 | Well , you know , I think it was a kind of sports bag or something and I thought oh I 'll go along with that and the other , I mean I had heard of them before and I made a few enquiries and they said , you know , you you were quite quality company so I thought |
| 29 | Nicky has no illusions about organic farming : ‘ We made a few mistakes at the beginning . |
| 30 | It 's going to cost you under thirty eight pounds , so I 've got a little bit of wei , leeway if I made a few mistakes . |