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

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1 It was an accident of course but old Colonel Saunchie got a few pellets in him .
2 Miss Honey took a few moments to let this curious statement sink in .
3 Bottom-placed Dundee HSFP set a few hearts pounding with that fine win over Kelso , and another against Gala at Mayfield would really upset the relegation apple-cart .
4 Miss Bedwelty arrived a few minutes after they did and they all piled into the factory .
5 The England team had a few players who were later to play first-class cricket , and were brought together by one W.S. Donne , who , if he did n't enjoy great success on the Olympic playing field , achieved eminence in Rugby Union , elected president of the RFU in 1923–24 .
6 Dr Ali moved a few paces away from him .
7 Harry Maylie waited a few days , then , as his mother had expected , he asked Rose to marry him .
8 Wadi Halfa lay a few miles inland .
9 Victor Frankenstein died a few hours after he had written his last word .
10 In 1752 Horace Walpole instructed his brother , Ned , to collect tea seed ; Gilbert White came a few years later to discuss difficulties over growing melons at Selborne ; and Charles Hatton selected two pots of passion flower , ‘ lusty and strong ’ in April 1760 .
11 Viola Machin left a few moments ' pause .
12 They were still at the window when Timothy Gedge appeared a few minutes later .
13 KIWI Test ace Kevin Iro and West Indies Test ace Richie Richardson swapped a few jokes — and bat and ball — when they arrived at Headingley yesterday .
14 Ed Hawtin , from west Oxfordshire , has recently returned from West Germany , where Great Britain raised a few eyebrows with impressive runs in two and four man bobs .
15 The voices are totally di , in fact the Clive James showed a few clips of dubbed films I mean er John Wayne , I mean he 's supposed to be so and he sounded so funny in Japanese !
16 Guscott 's score came with 14 men on , but the new law that allows a temporary substitute meant that Paul Burnell had a few minutes on the pitch before Wright returned to see the Lions leading 12–5 .
17 Guscott 's score came with 14 men on , but the new law that allows a temporary substitute meant that Paul Burnell had a few minutes on the pitch before Wright returned to see the Lions leading 12–5 .
18 ‘ … and homicide Lieutenant Wilson stated a few minutes ago that the police are closing in .
19 No one , to my knowledge , attempted to press charges of deception against the BBC for its reporters ' filming tactics in the series Black and White Britain screened a few years ago .
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