Example sentences of "a few [adj] [noun pl] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a few heart-stopping moments the old engine coughed into life , and he managed to accelerate the loaded vehicle through the flames out to safety . |
| 2 | And Morse did the same , feeling for a few small moments an intense and splendid happiness . |
| 3 | After a few false starts a whole vocabulary and syntax that he never knew he knew begins to well up from his old-fashioned black portable . |
| 4 | She leaned back against him , revelling in the strength and warmth of his body , allowing herself for a few luxurious moments the unaccustomed joy of feeling secure in his embrace . |
| 5 | A few muffled voices a short distance ahead appear to be cursing in French , then silence as the advance continues . |
| 6 | But apart from a few minor lines the Wüppertal line remains the only substantial operations . |