Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [art] few [noun pl] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now that was the point I made a few moments ago . |
| 2 | In a survey on shopping which I made a few years ago one of my student interviewers was questioning an old lady about the grocer 's shop she used . |
| 3 | Yeah I mean a few months ago I had absolutely no idea at all what |
| 4 | I had a huge living room that needed repainting and so I invited a few friends along , asked them to bring a paint-brush each and I supplied the food and drink . |
| 5 | I 've had a couple of letters asking me whether I ever managed to give up smoking as I promised a few months ago . |
| 6 | Apart from the considerations which I mentioned a few moments ago , it would indeed . |
| 7 | Er we have n't used very much of it this year I mean I think er I mentioned a few weeks ago the , the question of trips out perhaps in the spring to do fish and that , we could consider er we do n't want to just go er accumulating money for the sake of it erm , we want to get some benefit out of the money we 've got . |
| 8 | They have a very special significance , and how I wish I had known how to press flowers when I was given my first red roses by my husband , but unfortunately I learnt a few years too late ! |
| 9 | I ease a few points ahead , Martin puts in a break of 12 , I confidently reply with one of 13 , and even before we reach the colours Martin is beginning to display the McEnroic aspect of his game that always encourages opponents . |
| 10 | ‘ I think we must get that husband of yours to lop a few branches off outside the window before you go blind , ’ he says to Rose , to demonstrate the terms he is on with her . |
| 11 | I get a few qualms just before the green light comes on . |
| 12 | So then I spent a few hours quietly relaxing , until finally Posi reached the rendezvous point , reduced speed and gave the ’ spacecraft sighted ’ warning . |
| 13 | I remember a few years ago a lady bought a jumper to the knitting club , displaying it proudly and saying : ‘ it 's just some out of the washing machine ’ . |
| 14 | erm I remember a few years ago when there was a great panicky shutting down of teachers ' training colleges . |
| 15 | Benjamin and I followed a few minutes later . |
| 16 | I returned a few minutes later to find the cube assembled . |
| 17 | I heard a few weeks ago of the formation of an American group called ‘ Fundamentalists Anonymous ’ . |
| 18 | He seized her hands in his , and mindful of her enthusiastic response to his advances a few weeks ago , took her in her arms and planted a kiss on her cheek . |
| 19 | " I did n't mean that one , Richard , I meant a few pages farther on . |
| 20 | I stay a few feet behind , watching the three of them shuffle along at a ten-month-old 's pace . |
| 21 | I took a few drinks up there ( including some for Zak and Donna , which amused them ) , and on my way down the stairs saw the backs of Mercer , and Bambi , Filmer and Daffodil , as they walked through the lounge towards the door to the private car . |
| 22 | I refer the hon. and learned Gentleman to the reply that I gave a few moments ago . |
| 23 | I refer the hon. Gentleman to the reply that I gave a few moments ago . |
| 24 | I refer my hon. Friend to the reply that I gave a few moments ago . |
| 25 | I refer my hon. Friend to the reply that I gave a few moments ago . |
| 26 | I refer the hon. Lady to the reply that I gave a few moments ago . |
| 27 | I refer my hon. Friend to the reply that I gave a few moments ago . |
| 28 | I refer my hon. Friend to the answer that I gave a few moments ago . |
| 29 | To my astonishment , I learned a few weeks later that I had got the post . |
| 30 | ‘ I resigned a few weeks ago . ’ |