Example sentences of "[prep] [art] few [noun pl] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The strange , rank smell was stronger than ever and after a few moments they all heard a heavy movement close by . |
| 2 | After a few minutes we all started to move along the ditch . |
| 3 | Then after a few minutes it all stops . |
| 4 | After a few days its rightful owner came to collect it and informed her that it was in fact a ferret . |
| 5 | After a few falls we all managed to get to the bottom of the slope in a snow plough position . |
| 6 | And rather alarmingly in a third , she lay flat on the balustrade of the gallery with one leg pointing towards a portrait of the Duke of Wellington who , with Lord Palmerston , was one of the few statesmen whose private life had been sufficiently scandalous to qualify him to be a ffeatherstonehaugh hero . |
| 7 | For a few minutes they both remained thus , motionless . |
| 8 | For a few moments her still-sleepy eyes refused to focus on the dramatic black handwriting . |
| 9 | We offer help to pupils with varying needs — general learning problems , specific learning difficulties , the filling of gaps caused by changing schools and , recently , the provision of extra teaching for a few children whose educational attainment is far in excess of that of their peers . |
| 10 | In a few minutes your eternal soul will be waiting at Hapexamendios 's door . ’ |
| 11 | In a few moments my right hon. Friend the Chancellor will set out our detailed proposals to deal with the problem of repossessions . |