Example sentences of "[conj] [noun prp] [vb past] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 The office of chief operating officer that OSF created a few months ago has been abolished .
2 He said that Microsoft would like to have the dominant position in the industry that IBM had a few years ago ‘ but I do n't think that will happen ’ .
3 But although Wordsworth contributed a few lines , he quickly realized that attempts at collaboration were once again bound to fail : ‘ …
4 My reason is that George spent a few minutes with Lennie , comforting and making him a happy man by reminding him of his dreams , before sending him off to find his final dream in heaven .
5 Maybe its the same one that Leeds bought a few years back and kicked out cos they were nt good enough ? ? : - )
6 Melissa drove a pale and silent Rose back to the auberge , and Dora followed a few minutes later .
7 I did not see the production until the following Christmas , when it contained an amusing touch which I imagine John must have added that year , after Leonide Massine had revived The Three-cornered Hat at Covent Garden : Hansel and Gretel danced a few steps with a bunch of grapes , a good-humoured quotation from the dance of the miller and his wife in Massine 's ballet .
8 Jenny and Antony moved a few inches further apart , then giggled at each other because of the involuntary movement .
9 The survey — ‘ mapping the universe ’ — which Geller and Huchra began a few years ago is not yet complete but they have seen enough to conclude that ‘ the size of the largest structures we detect is limited only by the extent of the survey ’ .
10 She wrote that she would prefer not to come home , but Tony and Maureen got a few days ' leave and travelled to Kent to see her .
11 Cameron and Menzies collected a few names for their lists of contacts — the tall old man , who came from Camusvachan in Glen Lyon , the red-haired MacLennan brothers from Foss .
12 listened to transmission from the Kittyhawk and Bill offered a few suggestions as Dick became familiar with his mount .
13 We did some of the old songs and Carl wrote a few things that we did new .
14 Crewkerne , the nearest post town , was the frequent destination of other walks , and on one occasion Wordsworth and Dorothy continued a few miles further to take in Hinton House , the home of Earl Poulett .
15 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 .
16 Knight bannerets of the king 's household stopped them but Cranston muttered a few words and they let him by .
17 While Pamella flung a few things in a suitcase and scrambled off to Bali tout de suite , Fleet Street fanned out to play cherchez la femme .
18 When Louis died a few months later , Thibaut aligned with a league of dissident barons who opposed the regent of France , Louis 's widow Blanche of Castile , but he soon abandoned the barons and reconciled himself with Blanche .
19 She flushed with guilt when Beth took a few moments to reply .
  Next page