Example sentences of "but [pron] [verb] [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | The majority of the flowers and leaves in the design were chosen for their tones of silver and grey , but I added a few silvery pink flowers to give some additional colour and interest to the design . |
| 2 | But I bet a few of the lads in the carriageworks were smiling . |
| 3 | I am doing my best , but I wish a few more would give a few hours of their time . , . |
| 4 | ’ I do n't nick stuff myself , but I know a few people who do . |
| 5 | But I spent a few bob buying drinks for a couple of old OSS types who 'd turned up in their London station and they took pity on me and let drop the codename : Winter Garden . |
| 6 | And your man would come up to us afterwards and say , ‘ Those were some very obscure cover versions you were playing tonight , but I liked a few of them … yeah , quite interesting . |
| 7 | Of course people need places to stay when on holiday and I 'm all for economical breaks such as caravanning , but I have a few suggestions which might help to improve the look of unsightly caravan parks . |
| 8 | ‘ But I have a few more days before Chelsea have to decide whether to buy me . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ But I have a few things to do first . |
| 10 | ‘ But I think a few rats did survive . |
| 11 | Her stilted smile reappeared , placing a dent at one corner of her mouth , but she waited a few seconds longer , making sure that the ghost had retreated again . |
| 12 | Jean Campbell , in 1817 , was an uneducated deaf person without any speech who could only write the initials of her name in reverse order , eg. C.J. She was an unmarried woman who had three children by different men , one of whom at the time of her arrest in April 1817 had been living with her as a common law husband but who had a few days earlier taken off the ring that he had given to her and which she wore on her finger in the fashion of a married woman , and had left home . |
| 13 | But we had a few other cards up our sleeves we were waiting to play : we 'd brought two furry friends along with us . |
| 14 | And the supporters been treating me well , the promotion been treating me well , so obviously I never really wanted to move but we had a few problems with the negotiating with the contract and the financial terms was n't quite right so but I 'm glad to say we 've got it right now and you know we both sort of gave a bit and we came to a settlement er which I 'm very pleased about . |
| 15 | Those seven miles took a long time , but we worked a few things out . |
| 16 | But we found a few . |
| 17 | Neither speaks French or German but one has a few words of English , so he sits in the front . |
| 18 | At last in 1854 Forbes was duly appointed to the Edinburgh chair , but he died a few months later at the age of only thirty-nine ; there was a general feeling that he had worn himself out with drudgery , and that success had come too late . |
| 19 | But it explained a few things — the kindness I 'd thought I 'd detected , his seemingly unreasonable act of firing me … |
| 20 | The liquid is now officially called beer but it needs a few days further conditioning in the brewery , to purge some of the rough alcohols , before it is ready to leave for the pub . |