Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] a few [noun pl] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We also stopped after a few paces and turned to look back at her . |
| 2 | Then he rested for a few minutes and pushed on again . |
| 3 | The rest of us left Addis Ababa by train on the morning of 1 October 1933 , arriving three hours later at Mojjo , which consisted of a few sheds and huts . |
| 4 | Sniffed for a few weeks or months . |
| 5 | He returned after a few minutes and put the tray on a low table by his chair . |
| 6 | I escaped with a few scars and I have no doubt that my greatest support was the knowledge that I was n't economically dependent on my family . |
| 7 | The effect began within a few minutes but took an hour or more to reach a maximum . |
| 8 | We talked for a few minutes and he was in great spirits . |
| 9 | A large number of periodicals survived for a few issues and then disappeared : ten ceased or suspended publication during 1971 . |
| 10 | They chatted for a few minutes but Treloar had nothing more to say . |
| 11 | Urquhart slowed after a few steps and then stopped . |
| 12 | He struggled through a few games but a swollen knee indicated his problems were not over . |
| 13 | Howard thought for a few moments and then said , ‘ I think I know what time the next plane leaves for London . ’ |
| 14 | Finding she could n't push the pram up the slope , she thought for a few seconds and then tried to pull it up . |
| 15 | so I managed for a few weeks and then I went to lodge with my sister at Trimley |
| 16 | You slipped over a few times but you got up alright did n't you ? |
| 17 | The acute depression lasted for a few months but the wounds healed enough for Gedge to build up a friendship with Duane , whose latent qualities he later recognised . |
| 18 | The calling continued for a few moments and then , with a cry of ‘ bitch ’ , to her horror , Nicky Scott Wilson began to make the most blood-curdling noise as he bayed her name to the night sky , like a wolf . |
| 19 | He arrived at 1.30am on the first day , slept for a few hours and turned up at the clubhouse to find he was in the field . |
| 20 | She left after a few months and had a home tutor . |
| 21 | I rowed on a few yards and anchored for the sixth time . |
| 22 | The Soul Eater crouched for a few moments and Nuadu saw that a thin silvery fluid was beginning to course along its hollow talons . |
| 23 | So I stayed on a few weeks and erm then I went back to London |