Example sentences of "a few [noun pl] [art] [noun] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a few moments a truce was arranged . |
| 2 | For a few moments the corpse was trapped on a half-sunken log , then an eddy loosed the dead man and carried him westwards . |
| 3 | This was the rime when everyone had a siesta and for a few hours the village was virtually dead . |
| 4 | Amid protest marches and demonstrations , over a period of weeks some two dozen lorries carrying live animal imports were held up on French roads and in a few cases the animals were slaughtered or burned alive . |
| 5 | And after just a few minutes the cold was starting to get through . |
| 6 | Within a few minutes the basket was more than half full of food , and Mary was pouring the soup into the thermos . |
| 7 | Led by Lt Fusata Iida they flew in at a height of 50ft and within a few minutes the airfield was a smoking mess . |
| 8 | Within a few minutes the picture was effervescing as part of it had been painted on gesso . |
| 9 | Within a few days a unit was formed in Halling under the command of Captain Wanstall . |
| 10 | One of the doctors managed to get the laundry going again and in a few days the hospital was evacuated to a small country town . |
| 11 | Within a few years the organisation was divided by decision of Annual Conference into seven districts , each covering between two and seven branches and each electing one representative to the Executive , except London , which was given two . |
| 12 | Within only a few years the company was exporting its products to central Europe , Russia and the US . |
| 13 | But within a few years the Americans were using new machines , a fraction of the size , that an unskilled woman could operate for a fraction of the pay , and upon which she could spin as many stockings an hour as the Black Beauty — and without seams . |
| 14 | After a few weeks the female was observed ‘ glancing ’ off the side of the male and both were developing breeding coloration . |
| 15 | Within a few weeks the office is flooded out with envelopes stuffed with cash . |
| 16 | Gerald Sutherland , 41 , said : ‘ For a few seconds the doors were shut and people were really panicking , then they opened and passengers rushed out as quickly as they could . |