Example sentences of "[noun] [noun prp] [vb past] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was an accident of course but old Colonel Saunchie got a few pellets in him . |
| 2 | Miss Honey took a few moments to let this curious statement sink in . |
| 3 | Bottom-placed Dundee HSFP set a few hearts pounding with that fine win over Kelso , and another against Gala at Mayfield would really upset the relegation apple-cart . |
| 4 | Miss Bedwelty arrived a few minutes after they did and they all piled into the factory . |
| 5 | Dr Ali moved a few paces away from him . |
| 6 | Harry Maylie waited a few days , then , as his mother had expected , he asked Rose to marry him . |
| 7 | Wadi Halfa lay a few miles inland . |
| 8 | Victor Frankenstein died a few hours after he had written his last word . |
| 9 | In 1752 Horace Walpole instructed his brother , Ned , to collect tea seed ; Gilbert White came a few years later to discuss difficulties over growing melons at Selborne ; and Charles Hatton selected two pots of passion flower , ‘ lusty and strong ’ in April 1760 . |
| 10 | Viola Machin left a few moments ' pause . |
| 11 | They were still at the window when Timothy Gedge appeared a few minutes later . |
| 12 | KIWI Test ace Kevin Iro and West Indies Test ace Richie Richardson swapped a few jokes — and bat and ball — when they arrived at Headingley yesterday . |
| 13 | Ed Hawtin , from west Oxfordshire , has recently returned from West Germany , where Great Britain raised a few eyebrows with impressive runs in two and four man bobs . |
| 14 | The voices are totally di , in fact the Clive James showed a few clips of dubbed films I mean er John Wayne , I mean he 's supposed to be so and he sounded so funny in Japanese ! |
| 15 | Guscott 's score came with 14 men on , but the new law that allows a temporary substitute meant that Paul Burnell had a few minutes on the pitch before Wright returned to see the Lions leading 12–5 . |
| 16 | Guscott 's score came with 14 men on , but the new law that allows a temporary substitute meant that Paul Burnell had a few minutes on the pitch before Wright returned to see the Lions leading 12–5 . |
| 17 | That 's what the bosses of master brewer Guinness did a few years ago . |
| 18 | In fact Leamington got a few things wrong , because they 've now been taken over . |
| 19 | ‘ … and homicide Lieutenant Wilson stated a few minutes ago that the police are closing in . |
| 20 | No one , to my knowledge , attempted to press charges of deception against the BBC for its reporters ' filming tactics in the series Black and White Britain screened a few years ago . |