Example sentences of "[coord] a [adj] moments " in BNC.

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1 There were unexplained hold-ups , enemy strongpoints catching the leaders in heavy fire perhaps , or a few moments ' loss of direction as they probed forward .
2 ‘ We 're nearly there , ’ he said soothingly , and a few moments later he escorted her through the elaborate palm Court which was the entrance to the Royal Hotel .
3 Hazel stamped , and a few moments later Dandelion was beside him in the bracken .
4 " Fetch him in ! " she ordered , and a few moments later Tristram , gagged and hand-tied , was brought into the great hall .
5 She did n't turn round : she expected Ace to follow , and a few moments later she heard running footsteps behind her .
6 And a few moments later she was shown into the office she remembered from before .
7 ‘ Let's go into the garden , ’ he said tersely , and a few moments later they were gliding along the path that wound down to the river 's edge , their way lit by a bright moon that stretched a blue path towards them across the water .
8 She had been fiery Sally-Anne still , and then fiery McAllister , and a few moments ' loving from a man she loved had undone her , had brought her not joy , but a trauma of the remembered pain and anguish which Havvie had inflicted on her .
9 But a few moments later there she was — tall and beautiful in a little green bouclé dress with matching jacket .
10 Once the lids of the outer case and the leaden shell had been removed , the workman prised off the lid of the inner coffin ; the slightly yellowed silk sheets were drawn back and there lay the body of the child , looking as if he had gone off to sleep but a few moments before .
11 There was a pause , Riven trying to remember Minginish 's geography , but a few moments later Luib put him back to work .
12 But a few moments later , in Simon 's cottage , when he pulled up a chair to the fire and gently pressed her down into it , she managed to say , ‘ You — knew …
13 ‘ Wait but a few moments here for me , ’ she said more gently , ‘ for I must make my farewell to the Lady Percy , who has been more than kind to me . ’
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