Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [vb pp] a [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Nurse Yates has had a few . |
| 2 | Dana has missed a few fittings , but the earth wo n't stop turning and I 'm sure she 'll turn up for the next one . ’ |
| 3 | Because Dustin had eaten a few hours previously , the anaesthetist had to insert a tube in his mouth to stop him choking on his own vomit . |
| 4 | Partly because of the volume of this response and partly because of the radical nature of some of these proposals , going well beyond those envisaged in Partnership in Validation , the CNAA has allowed a few of the suggested procedures to be tried out on an experimental basis and while this is happening has virtually declared a moratorium on other ‘ special arrangement ’ proposals . |
| 5 | IBM had made a few changes ( very small ) and entitled it PCDOS ( because it ran their PCs , strangely enough ! ) |
| 6 | Over the years of flying at almost every conceivable airshow location in the UK , Lindsey has had a few unusual requests along the way : ‘ I can remember a certain airshow organiser , who was very active on the airshow scene then , but not now , coming up to me and saying ‘ Lindsey , how much do you want to bail out at the end of one of these dogfight routines that you do ? ’ , |
| 7 | Catherine has entered a few poetry competitions and written other short stories . |
| 8 | It may have been necessary for Jesus to have eaten a few fishes in order to survive in first-century Palestine , but it is not now necessary to feast on the bodies of dead animals in order to be healthy . |
| 9 | In comparison South Africa had played a few unconvincing trials fitted into the domestic Currie Cup programme . |
| 10 | ‘ Les has had a few problems but he could do very well alongside Deanesy . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ It 's extraordinary to think Kevin left United a few seasons ago on a free — and now he 's playing so well for us . |
| 12 | Shocked and incredulous , Buzz could say nothing more , but as the limousine glided on , she remembered a great deal : the teashop outings in Earls Court when Edward was little , comforting Nell , time after time , when Billy had had a few and behaved badly . |
| 13 | Because Luke Calder had made a few passing comments about her usual attire of pin-neat suits and blouses ? |
| 14 | Mary had spent a little time in close conversation with him and even stroked his cheek at one stage . |
| 15 | The birds had told me Diggs had left a few minutes earlier , so I ran back the quick way to the house , where the lights all burned as usual . |
| 16 | Erica was inevitable , I supposed , though I suspected Fiona had switched a few place cards before I reached there : a certain bland innocence gave her away . |
| 17 | He said McPherson had stopped a few hundred yards on , gone to the boot of his car , returned and suggested they go back to Tarbert . |
| 18 | Even in our championship winning year we failed to beat the ‘ elite ’ sides in the league and although Wilko has made a few changes to the squad we still have basically the side and thus the same problems that have cost us dearly in the most important games . |
| 19 | BT has gone a few steps further , and begun trials of its own telephone robot , capable of handling many of the routine tasks usually dealt with by its 25,000 human operators . |
| 20 | Finally , since 1989 , DGX has granted a few scholarships to specialise in restoration and conservation . |
| 21 | The Templemans have had a few anonymous calls as well . ’ |
| 22 | Coffey died in Bromley , Middlesex , 26 November 1852 , his eldest son Aeneas having died a few months earlier . |
| 23 | The book is dense with tables and text , and one rather wishes that Thomas had illustrated a few of the more photogenic Ca-dependent events . |
| 24 | She 'd tacked a few scraps of old cotton into a baby-gown too and sent it round next door for the new Rattrie baby , born very inconveniently , as it turned out , the day after the funeral , her fit of generosity entirely misplaced , since the child had only lived a few hours and the gown — upon which Odette had worked a few hasty stitches of embroidery — had ended up in the pawnshop — Cara had seen it herself in the window — to help pay , she supposed , for yet another infantile disposal . |
| 25 | Lugh had heard a few extremely surprising tales about Her Majesty and Fergus , but he had not gossiped , because Longhands did not gossip . |
| 26 | In the first half , whenever Leeds had mounted a little pressure , a southampton player went down injured . |
| 27 | John had made a few 1st Division appearances with Charlton , but undoubtedly the climax of his career came when he captained Palace to promotion to that premier division of world soccer at the end of 1968–69 — and then maintained his high level of performance by helping to keep the Palace in the top flight for the two remaining seasons in which he stayed with the club . |
| 28 | Julie 's got a few of them yellow ones now ! |