Example sentences of "a few [noun pl] [adv] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some politicians believe the public would prefer to pay a few pounds more council tax and less in insurance |
| 2 | A few hours later BJP leaders in New Delhi informed President Ramaswamy Venkataraman that the party 's 88 MPs were withdrawing their crucial " external " support for Singh 's government . |
| 3 | A few hours earlier Mrs Valerie Williams was robbed of her firm 's wages on a quite road in South Wales when masked men overtook her in this stolen car and forced her to stop and then rammed her vehicle from behind with another car . |
| 4 | Just a few minutes ago Lou Macari left the court buildings with his wife Dale , and his solicitor Stephen Pollard , who made this statement . |
| 5 | USA hooker Tony Flay had to be replaced following an ugly facial cut and a few minutes later replacement hooker Pat Johnson had his nose broken by a punch . |
| 6 | A few minutes later Mr Saleb emerged . |
| 7 | A few minutes later Wayne McDowell , he played the ball out to brother Gary again , whose hard low cross was scrambled clear by the Almondsbury defence to back to Wayne McDowell whose lob shot ended up resting in the top of the netting . |
| 8 | A secretary showed me into an ornately furnished drawing room and a few minutes later Sir George came in . |
| 9 | A few minutes later Sir Richard came down , closely followed by Lady Isabella and Buckingham . |
| 10 | In mediaeval Britain it was eaten in very large quantities , often raw , and a few centuries later William Shakespeare commented unfavourably on its smell . |
| 11 | Cooper took out Base 's off stump and then a few balls later Courtney Walsh wrapped things up and derbyshire were all out for 521 … |
| 12 | A few days later Lord Thorneycroft , the Party Chairman , and Alastair ( now Lord ) McAlpine came to me and asked if we could stage another for the European Elections — three weeks later . |
| 13 | A few days later Lord Ossory wrote to Samuel Whitbread enclosing a testimonial from Dr. John Dixon of Boughton . |
| 14 | A few days later Cardinal Ottaviani asked whether the fathers were planning a revolution . |
| 15 | I did n't know it at the time but a greater blow awaited me A few days later Mrs Rumney was on the phone again . |
| 16 | A few days later Keith Meerza sees Christopher for the last time . |
| 17 | Just a few days later baby Joe was born , weighing just four and three quarter pounds , but healthy ; living proof that rhesus babies now have the chance they deserve . |
| 18 | A few days later Mr Baker was hosting a dinner to thank the members of the Kingman Committee for their work . |
| 19 | A few days later Mr Churchill came to see Edward at Buckingham Palace . |
| 20 | Early next month Mr Hun Sen and Prince Sihanouk are to meet in Indonesia , and a few days later Mr Gorbachev and Mr Deng meet in Beijing . |
| 21 | A few days later Mr Boldwood was looking at Bathsheba 's fields , which were next to his own , when he saw her helping Gabriel Oak with the sheep . |
| 22 | At his lunch break a few days later Mr Wolski took his sandwiches and sat on the benches opposite the eagle and looked at her . |
| 23 | A few days later Rachel Lynde came to the farm . |
| 24 | A few days later president Wilson proclaimed his ‘ Fourteen Points ’ , his own version of the new consensus . |
| 25 | A few days later Kiley Puma , Suzy 's eighteen-year-old daughter , found two motorcycle helmets in a laundry basket in her mother 's apartment , along with an empty vodka bottle and a pair of Seth 's pants . |
| 26 | Over supper Gardiner and Foxe explained how a few days earlier Cardinal Campeggio , the Papal Legate had refused to take a decision on the King 's petition for a divorce from Queen Catherine of Aragon and had transferred the case to Rome . |
| 27 | A few years ago manuscript evidence was discovered that Torriano 's copy of de' Dondi 's clock was still at his house in Toledo in the seventeenth century , and it is therefore unlikely that , as formerly thought , it perished when the convent of San Yuste with its art treasures was set on fire by the French in 1809 . |
| 28 | It seems that a few years ago Mrs Brissett 's daughter 's husband left her and she had trouble finding a job and had no money … and Harriet helped her find a job somewhere . |
| 29 | A few years ago Dr Palcic , Dr Lam and their colleagues started a company called Xillix to build machines to do just that . |
| 30 | 7 & 8 A few years ago Sally Baring of Borderline went into an antique shop and left with an 1895 fabric block . |