Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] a [adj] [noun pl] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A 36-day strike by workers in the mining and metallurgical industry over wages and conditions was ended by an agreement on July 23 , 1990 , which provided for a substantial wages and conditions package , payment during the strike and a one-off cash payment . |
| 2 | It involved about a dozen groups and a network of experts throughout Europe and is the largest future study of biotechnology that I am aware of . |
| 3 | We also stopped after a few paces and turned to look back at her . |
| 4 | Then he rested for a few minutes and pushed on again . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Sniffed for a few weeks or months . |
| 7 | He returned after a few minutes and put the tray on a low table by his chair . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The effect began within a few minutes but took an hour or more to reach a maximum . |
| 10 | This is no longer funny , because , that is what will happen when the recommendations made in a recent Monopolies and Mergers Commission report come into force . |
| 11 | We talked for a few minutes and he was in great spirits . |
| 12 | A large number of periodicals survived for a few issues and then disappeared : ten ceased or suspended publication during 1971 . |
| 13 | They chatted for a few minutes but Treloar had nothing more to say . |
| 14 | Melissa watched for a few seconds as he worked , apparently impervious to the heat , then turned back to where the others were waiting . |
| 15 | Urquhart slowed after a few steps and then stopped . |
| 16 | He struggled through a few games but a swollen knee indicated his problems were not over . |
| 17 | He shaded his eyes and blinked for a few seconds until he had adjusted to the change . |
| 18 | She struggled for a few moments until , overcome apparently by shock , she lost consciousness . |
| 19 | Holy chaos reigned for a few moments while all heaven was let loose . |
| 20 | Howard thought for a few moments and then said , ‘ I think I know what time the next plane leaves for London . ’ |
| 21 | Finding she could n't push the pram up the slope , she thought for a few seconds and then tried to pull it up . |
| 22 | so I managed for a few weeks and then I went to lodge with my sister at Trimley |
| 23 | It was just a fantasy I nurtured for a few years as I puffed and panted my way through the ten-foots and alleyways of downtown Hull . |
| 24 | When this came to light we insisted for a few days that employees should seek permission to leave the company premises . |
| 25 | Janine hesitated for a few seconds before she slipped into them . |
| 26 | And I learned after a few weeks that how he got this was There was no weather forecast as we know them now you know on the television . |
| 27 | You slipped over a few times but you got up alright did n't you ? |
| 28 | Its co-founder and leading spirit is an Afrikaner farmer , Mr Dirk Mudge , who foresaw by a dozen years that his people would need allies for survival , and broke away from the whites-only Nationalist party to find black and brown ones . |
| 29 | So I went back to alight indicator , pulled down only a few inches , which was enough to allow the bream to suck the bait to their lips , and then I paused for a few seconds while I watched the line from the rod-tip tightening in the water . |
| 30 | Harris paused for a few seconds while he negotiated the cabriolet over some deep ruts in the high road . |