Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] a few [noun pl] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was in direct reprisal for their raid on British ships in Scapa Flow a few nights before when bombs had been dropped on land and killed one civilian . |
| 2 | The doorbell rang a few minutes after she had opened the lid of her case and returned downstairs to make herself a cup of tea . |
| 3 | The Tremaynes owned a few acres where Tom , disabled since the First World War , grew early tomatoes and potatoes and , in peacetime , daffodils . |
| 4 | Victor Frankenstein died a few hours after he had written his last word . |
| 5 | listened to transmission from the Kittyhawk and Bill offered a few suggestions as Dick became familiar with his mount . |
| 6 | Dad died a few years before that — I 'm not sure when . |
| 7 | An opinion poll published a few days before the changes had indicated that support for the PCP had fallen to 19 per cent among the electorate , the party 's worst opinion survey result . |
| 8 | In a private agreement made a few months after the treaty was concluded , Bruce restored Henry Percy 's Scottish lands and he is said to have promised to restore the lands of Henry Beaumont and Thomas Wake of Liddel . |
| 9 | Miss Bedwelty arrived a few minutes after they did and they all piled into the factory . |
| 10 | There was a polite shunting of chairs to make space for an extra one , and Eliot managed a few pleasantries while Shildon looked thoroughly annoyed by the intrusion and Harbury could not contain his delight . |
| 11 | I was adopted when my own mother died a few days after I was born . |