Example sentences of "[coord] she [vb past] [art] few [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 The sound system 's speakers were like upended steamer trunks , one on top of another ; standing so close , the volume gave her a sensation in her ears like that of tearing paper and she experienced a few moments of sensory overload before she recognised the tune as New York , New York .
2 I sent a copy of the Minister 's letter to Mrs. X and she responded a few days later on 20 October .
3 She was holding my fob watch and she said a few things about this , and about us and about dead people and
4 The door of the house opened , and she heard a few words exchanged between David and his grandmother .
5 And she sang a few bars into the mouthpiece , swaying a little , watching the lights go off in the theatre .
6 The interior of her car was a furnace and she frittered a few moments wandering in the graveyard after opening the car doors to cool it .
7 Her stilted smile reappeared , placing a dent at one corner of her mouth , but she waited a few seconds longer , making sure that the ghost had retreated again .
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