Example sentences of "a few [noun] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a few moments the other participant in the sequence they were shooting would come , the estate agent from Sudbury . |
| 2 | In a few moments the big dog reached the crowd gathered on the bank . |
| 3 | In a few areas the proposed treatment will considerably undermine the main purpose of the forthcoming Financial Reporting Standard , namely to reflect the substance of transactions in assets or liabilities . |
| 4 | However in a few incidents the initial charge had been for the full offence of rape … . |
| 5 | After studying the situation for a few minutes the first macaque ran off and got a long stick . |
| 6 | After a few minutes the Carabinieri vehicle revved up and screeched off down the road . |
| 7 | In a few minutes the same policeman forced his way through the mob to the gallery . |
| 8 | A neutron star has a radius of about ten miles , only a few times the critical radius at which a star becomes a black hole . |
| 9 | I killed a few rabbits the other day and I keep getting weird phone calls from Eric , but that 's about all . |
| 10 | Forcing herself to keep her actions smooth and steady , she tightened the sail again and turned the wheel a few degrees the other way . |
| 11 | After a few days the eldest brother told me to come . |
| 12 | Within a few days the troubled Asylum Bill itself disappeared from the Lord 's timetable for the remainder of the current Parliament . |
| 13 | Sparrow Force landed at the island 's north-west port of Koebang to protect its airfield , but within a few days the Independent Company , with some Dutch troops , was sent east along the coast to occupy Dili in the Portuguese half of the island ( see map p. 77 ) where they landed on 17 December 1941 . |
| 14 | But by the time I had reached middle age , the Ordnance Survey had switched the names after an inconclusive local census , and for a few years the eastern stream appeared on their maps as the River Doe before being changed again — this time to the River Greta , having no doubt decided that the eastern stream was the principal of the two and really the source of the parent river . |
| 15 | Within a few years the increased prosperity of the yard had so impressed John Shuttleworth that he turned the business over to him . |
| 16 | This grant is subject to considerable change at present owing to alterations in the HEFCE funding arrangements for universities , but it is hoped that within a few years the total income will rise to new levels . |
| 17 | Within a few years the improved navigability of the river Don enabled them to compete even more successfully in distant markets . |
| 18 | However , the altitude range is only a few kilometres , and therefore with a few exceptions the major condensate on view may be ammonia in all regions . |
| 19 | For a few seconds the sheer force of the wind supported my weight before I stumbled into a lull between squalls . |
| 20 | After a few months the initial enthusiasm for d-i-y started to wane , and the pace slowed right down as most of the rooms were completed . |