Example sentences of "[modal v] just [verb] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | There may be one or two flooded areas in the morning down along the east coast , but elsewhere should just have a few heavy showers . |
| 2 | Let's just consider a few important examples , probably the most famous of which is the acetylcholine receptor . |
| 3 | What I want you to do between now and the end of the lesson , ah , wait for it , in your rough books , ah I want you to start writing down ideas of the things that are important to you , but before we do that , let's just have a few starters on the board , let's have some hands up . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'll just fetch a few things we might need . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I 'll just do a few sketches , ’ she muttered . |
| 6 | I 'll just get a few |
| 7 | " And while you 're there , " said Bigwig , scowling round at the others from under the great sheaf of fur on his head , " I 'll just have a few words with these three . |
| 8 | He 's he 's not come yet so erm Perhaps while while we 're waiting for the others I 'll just say a few words about the building , because erm from out here you can see er quite clearly that the central portion of the building is the oldest erm from if you look at the state of the stonework . |
| 9 | And when Mrs Amabel Dallam remembered to pay her for all those wedding chemises she might just take a few shillings to a certain bazaar in Leeds where she 'd heard good dress-lengths were to be had at bargain prices and make herself a new dress for Christmas . |
| 10 | Thank you Next item , Right agenda item three , notes of the Joint Consultative Committee held on the twenty-first of October , nineteen ninety-three , paper B. If I could just say a few words . |
| 11 | Ian , you were one , , and Tracy , if you could just say a few words . |
| 12 | I think erm what , what we , what I 'd really like to do is if I could get in touch with him and give him the chance to make up his own mind er then he could decide whether or not he would like to have a chat with me and I 'd just run a few ideas by him , just as you 've done , without any pressure er and he can make his own decisions . |
| 13 | I mean , you 'd think he 'd just have a few enough to make a pie or a crumble |
| 14 | She 'd just box a few ears , knock a few heads together like she did with the Rattries , and chase them off . |
| 15 | Chris Patten is among the sceptics : ‘ Even if it ( investment ) were to be successful and encourage a 40 or 50 per cent increase in the use of rail , it would make damn-all difference to the growth in road traffic — it would just take a few percentage points off the top . ’ |
| 16 | I will just mention a few factors . |