Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [pers pn] a [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Eleanor rang him a few days later and he was remarkably cool .
2 Molly carried her a little way towards the house and then set her down on the pavement by the front door .
3 Well that was the question that Mr asked you a few minutes ago was n't it , er Mr ?
4 Conchis led me a little way to a deep fissure between two boulders , and there suspended a piece of white cloth on the end of a line .
5 ‘ You 're a genius Lissa , ’ Adam told her a few minutes later .
6 Dacourt joined us a few minutes later , his white moustache bristling with importance , his face a little more puce .
7 ‘ Alan Dysart phoned me a few days ago . ’
8 Theodora allowed him a few moments and then she said , gently , ‘ There is , is there not , one further element ?
9 Archie joined him a few seconds later , closing the door behind him .
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