Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [prep] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In most cases the hereditary wardens and foresters of fee , or their heirs , were able within a few years to recover their bailiwicks by payment of substantial fines to the Crown . |
| 2 | Dull with pain and shock , they were unfocused for a few seconds . |
| 3 | Nigel felt they were close for a few moments before the customary iciness set in . |
| 4 | He was dark-haired with a few strands of hair on his upper lip . |
| 5 | After it died , the silence was absolute for a few moments . |
| 6 | It was tense for a few minutes … but it was the first home game … and the first win at stake . |
| 7 | We now know that during the Saturday daylight raids on London , a chiefs-of-staff meeting took urgent action on deciding that invasion was likely within a few hours ; they had the code word ‘ Cromwell ’ flashed from the War Room to military units at 20.07 hours that evening ( which presumably led to the flap at my unit ; the station commander was away that weekend , and the acting CO in charge ) . |
| 8 | In Phillips v Grampian Health Board ( 1989 ) The Times , 9 March a widow was held entitled to recover damages even though she married the deceased when he was already suffering from a fatal disease and she knew that his death was inevitable within a few years . |
| 9 | The effect of these inhibitors was evident within a few minutes and lasted for at least one hour . |
| 10 | Couple this with the subtle change in image ( from naked half-man , half-mutt on ‘ Diamond Dogs ’ to a grey suit ) and you have the beginnings the funky sojourn Bowie was about to embark on — which would , of course , peak with ‘ Young Americans ’ and crop up again whenever he was short of a few ideas . |
| 11 | Couple this with the subtle change in image ( from naked half-man , half-mutt on ‘ Diamond Dogs ’ to a grey suit ) and you have the beginnings the funky sojourn Bowie was about to embark on — which would , of course , peak with ‘ Young Americans ’ and crop up again whenever he was short of a few ideas . |
| 12 | It was handy on a few occasions , having his muscle to back me up , |
| 13 | A small supply of burn dressings and some iodine solution was forthcoming after a few days . |
| 14 | 10 October , 1903 RAYMOND ASQUITH writes to Lady Manners from Aberdeenshire : ‘ We had a storm yesterday and went out to watch the waves : I ventured too far out onto a rock and was knocked flat on my face against a granite floor by one of the biggest rollers ever seen on this coast : I never felt such a blow ; luckily I fell in a crevice and was n't washed away ; but I was stunned for a few seconds , and when I got up my face and knee were streaming with blood . |
| 15 | Although the station was non-operational for a few years following the disaster it was fully operational again by April 1979 and since 1985 has had a modern Tyne class lifeboat on station to cover the wide stretch of north-east facing coast around the port . |
| 16 | It was alright for a few weeks and then it began to look very anaemic and sorry for itself . |
| 17 | He was silent for a few moments , then he raised his head , took a couple of gulps of tea and remarked very slowly , Jesus Christ , Piper , you must be bloody bomb happy ! |
| 18 | Harris was silent for a few moments , regarding Manville quizzically . |
| 19 | Beckett was silent for a few moments . |
| 20 | Talbot was silent for a few minutes . |
| 21 | Anne was silent for a few minutes . |
| 22 | The crowded church was silent for a few seconds at these words no citizen of Decin had ever heard before . |
| 23 | Margaret was silent for a few seconds . |
| 24 | Freddie was quiet for a few moments , then to Billy 's surprise he nodded . |
| 25 | Then he , too , frowned and was beginning to say something when suddenly there was one sharp whimper and , although Sophie did her best , Sandy was dead in a few minutes . |
| 26 | Perhaps inevitably , he eventually contracted typhus at Kherson , in the Crimea , in January 1790 and was dead within a few days . |