Example sentences of "return a few [noun pl] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He returned a few moments later with the dish , and the little hedgehog could hardly believe her eyes : the gigantic dish was overflowing with dog food . |
| 2 | One night , he recalls , he sat alone in the Commons library when David Owen passed by and returned a few moments later with David Marquand . |
| 3 | She returned a few minutes later with an air of triumph , waving a folded map . |
| 4 | Dieter went off and returned a few minutes later with the information that Marie-Claire never came in on a Wednesday because her children 's school was closed on that day . |
| 5 | He returned a few minutes later with the news that a room was available . |
| 6 | She hurried off and returned a few minutes later with a tiny white gown . |
| 7 | She returned a few minutes later with an explanation that medicine was being prepared for me . |
| 8 | He went indoors and returned a few minutes later with the shoe box . |
| 9 | Spanswick , 50 , returned a few minutes later with a mash hammer and delivered blows to Mr Curren 's hands as he tried to protect himself . |
| 10 | Occasionally they would get a little wary and move out of the swim but only to return a few minutes later to the area that they had apparently cleared for spawning . |
| 11 | Off he goes and returns a few minutes later with friend and a dirty great Roller , all pristine chrome and gleaming fenders . |