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

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1 Only a few pages later Freud withdraws his connection between the ego instincts and the death aims of those instincts which seem to push towards the death of the organism .
2 It is interesting that only a few years ago Mr Albert Baker of Baker Bros. , Upper Halling , paid the Vicar part of the cost of wood he had cut in Halling woods .
3 Only a few days earlier England had been knocked out of the World Cup by West Germany .
4 And he revealed that only a few weeks ago Magherafelt traders turned down the option of having security gates erected in the town during a meeting with police .
5 Although OSS was no more , the idea of having some form of intelligence agency to operate abroad had taken root and only a few months later Truman changed his mind .
6 ’ But the funniest thing of all , really , was that until just a few hours ago Eddy had been , and now he was not .
7 But just a few hours later Coca-Cola issued this statement :
8 Just a few minutes ago Lou Macari left the court buildings with his wife Dale , and his solicitor Stephen Pollard , who made this statement .
9 Just a few weeks ago Safet was re-united with his mother , wife , and the daughter he had never seen , Emina .
10 But just a few weeks ago Keith Atkinson from Malvern in Worcestershire won the right to sue Oxfordshire Health Authority .
11 Cooper took out Base 's off stump and then a few balls later Courtney Walsh wrapped things up and derbyshire were all out for 521 …
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