Example sentences of "[art] few [noun pl] [adv] [noun] was " in BNC.
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1 | For her it was one of the few instances where Susan was allowed to be anything other than a 15-year-old schoolgirl . |
2 | This was one of the few occasions when Joan was unable to accompany her half-sister . |
3 | So this statement could be him trying to play down the incident … remember there were a few incidents where cuntona was reported to have stormed off to france . |
4 | ‘ That 's what we planned , ’ she agreed , and a few minutes later Cicely was talking of leaving for the hospital in half an hour . |
5 | A few minutes later Agnes was hurrying across the yard with the fresh linen in her arms , making for the house at the end of the square , when a man passing along the pavement glanced at her , then stopped and , raising his hat , said , ‘ Good afternoon , ’ and stepped towards her . |
6 | He turned to talk to me , but a few minutes later Ben was arguing about another of Will 's plays . |
7 | A few minutes later Marcus was sitting in the bathroom before a washbasin ( the water was hot ) with a towel over his chest and his face covered with shaving cream . |
8 | Just a few minutes later French was released on bail pending an appeal . |
9 | A few minutes later Pet was back . |
10 | There was a game they 'd played a few times when Edith was out of the house , a rough-and-tumble sort of thing , perfectly harmless . |
11 | A few days later Lumumba was arrested , and then released . |
12 | To clinch matters , a few days later George was killed , shot through the head as his battalion advanced on St Eloi . |
13 | A few days later Tock was wandering past the door . |
14 | A few days later Gorbachev was back on Lenin 's tomb watching the Soviet tanks and legions saluting the 45th anniversary of victory in the second world war . |
15 | When they opened the ground at a few years ago Bill was still alive , and er we could go and visit , go into the ground and go and have a look round and it was open to the , the general public . |
16 | A few years ago Saunderson was a tele-communications student at the local East Michigan University . |
17 | The Japanese are number one in terms of imports in the US ceramics market , whereas a few years ago Wedgwood was clearly number one . |
18 | When the recession and falling prices hit the oil industry a few years later Caltex was able to ‘ shake out ’ the workforce with ease . |
19 | It had a marked effect on those who read his poetry , and a few years later Leonard was to find himself tutored by one of Pound 's most sympathetic admirers and directed to the understanding of the American 's verse , somewhat to Leonard 's concern , as we shall see . |
20 | ‘ A few weeks later Thomas was shot . |
21 | A few weeks later Kee was in the garden outside his house . |
22 | Just a few weeks ago Safet was re-united with his mother , wife , and the daughter he had never seen , Emina . |
23 | Just as we saw a few weeks ago Zaccheus was , er , between him being up the tree and hitting the ground , that man was converted . |
24 | After getting physically very weak as the result of being unable to eat without extreme discomfort , a few weeks ago Molly was admitted to the Royal Homeopathic Hospital Great Ormond Street where doctors found and dealt with a severe restriction in her stomach . |
25 | For a few seconds even Morse was lost a little ; but then he grinned acknowledgement : ‘ You 're a cultured sod . ’ |
26 | She watched her mother walk out of the kitchen as if in a trance and a few seconds later Carla was nestled in her granny 's arms . |
27 | ‘ A few months ago Emma was undergoing chemotherapy and was unable to walk , so a train journey would have been very difficult for her . |
28 | Paul Hardyman ( full back ) : A few months ago Hardyman was down in the dumps Sunderland had shelled out £350,000 for another left back , Anton Rogan , and his days at Roker looked numbered . |
29 | A few months later Rob was playing this bassline and richard , prancing about with the microphone , started singing ‘ I 'm too sexy … ’ |
30 | A few months later Greville was killed in a car crash in Morocco . |