Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun prp] [noun] [art] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | At the time we asked Mrs Harvey a few questions . |
2 | ‘ He 's a manager , your dad , is n't he ? ’ asked Jamie Shepherd a few minutes later as they bounced round a corner with the old van rattling as if it was going to shake itself to bits at any moment . |
3 | It took Greg Farrel a few days to realise he was being vetted , both socially and professionally . |
4 | I met Paul Fabian a few days later — a small , bird-like man , quite bald , dressed in a white safari suit and a Panama , and in a perpetual state of fuss about ‘ sending telegrams to London ’ . |
5 | They left Riverboat Island a few minutes later , walked over the wide bridge in silence . |
6 | The Manchester City chairman Peter Swales sacked Mel Machin a few years ago for the same reason ; rapport with fans , he believed , was even more important than results . |
7 | He said he had been aware of the consequences when he picked Mr Jackson a few weeks ago . |