Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [adv] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The company has refused to explain why its auditors started becoming suspicious only a few months ago and why the dealership was lent $425m as recently as December . |
| 2 | He poured the wine and Robyn gradually , inch by inch , moment by moment , found herself slowly beginning to relax , to actually feel comfortable in her surroundings — something she would have thought impossible only a few minutes ago . |
| 3 | But the convoy got stuck again a few miles out of Rogatica , where it had been blocked , by fallen timber thrown on the road , according to Commander Barry Frewer of the United Nations Protection Force ( Unprofor ) in Sarajevo . |
| 4 | The idea that supermarkets should be built on green field sites out of town rather than in the High Street would have seemed absurd only a few years ago . |
| 5 | Charlie felt seasick only a few minutes after the English coast was out of sight . |