Example sentences of "a few [noun pl] [adv] [noun] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few hours later ministers were saying that there would be extra payments . |
| 2 | ‘ That 's what we planned , ’ she agreed , and a few minutes later Cicely was talking of leaving for the hospital in half an hour . |
| 3 | A few minutes later Agnes was hurrying across the yard with the fresh linen in her arms , making for the house at the end of the square , when a man passing along the pavement glanced at her , then stopped and , raising his hat , said , ‘ Good afternoon , ’ and stepped towards her . |
| 4 | He turned to talk to me , but a few minutes later Ben was arguing about another of Will 's plays . |
| 5 | A few minutes later Marcus was sitting in the bathroom before a washbasin ( the water was hot ) with a towel over his chest and his face covered with shaving cream . |
| 6 | Just a few minutes later French was released on bail pending an appeal . |
| 7 | A few minutes later Pet was back . |
| 8 | I say this because a few days ago Spurs were linked with a different ( Swedish ) defender , so may have pulled out any interest . |
| 9 | A few days later Lumumba was arrested , and then released . |
| 10 | To clinch matters , a few days later George was killed , shot through the head as his battalion advanced on St Eloi . |
| 11 | A few days later Tock was wandering past the door . |
| 12 | A few days later Gorbachev was back on Lenin 's tomb watching the Soviet tanks and legions saluting the 45th anniversary of victory in the second world war . |
| 13 | When they opened the ground at a few years ago Bill was still alive , and er we could go and visit , go into the ground and go and have a look round and it was open to the , the general public . |
| 14 | A few years ago Saunderson was a tele-communications student at the local East Michigan University . |
| 15 | The Japanese are number one in terms of imports in the US ceramics market , whereas a few years ago Wedgwood was clearly number one . |
| 16 | A few years ago Japanese-Americans were compensated for being interned during the second world war , and some ( mostly white ) people have begun to point out that blacks have yet to be compensated for centuries of slavery . |
| 17 | When the recession and falling prices hit the oil industry a few years later Caltex was able to ‘ shake out ’ the workforce with ease . |
| 18 | It had a marked effect on those who read his poetry , and a few years later Leonard was to find himself tutored by one of Pound 's most sympathetic admirers and directed to the understanding of the American 's verse , somewhat to Leonard 's concern , as we shall see . |
| 19 | ‘ A few weeks later Thomas was shot . |
| 20 | A few weeks later Kee was in the garden outside his house . |
| 21 | ‘ A few weeks ago Middlesbrough were 20–1 for the championship . |
| 22 | Just a few weeks ago Safet was re-united with his mother , wife , and the daughter he had never seen , Emina . |
| 23 | Just as we saw a few weeks ago Zaccheus was , er , between him being up the tree and hitting the ground , that man was converted . |
| 24 | After getting physically very weak as the result of being unable to eat without extreme discomfort , a few weeks ago Molly was admitted to the Royal Homeopathic Hospital Great Ormond Street where doctors found and dealt with a severe restriction in her stomach . |
| 25 | For a few seconds even Morse was lost a little ; but then he grinned acknowledgement : ‘ You 're a cultured sod . ’ |
| 26 | She watched her mother walk out of the kitchen as if in a trance and a few seconds later Carla was nestled in her granny 's arms . |
| 27 | ‘ A few months ago Emma was undergoing chemotherapy and was unable to walk , so a train journey would have been very difficult for her . |
| 28 | Paul Hardyman ( full back ) : A few months ago Hardyman was down in the dumps Sunderland had shelled out £350,000 for another left back , Anton Rogan , and his days at Roker looked numbered . |
| 29 | A few months later Rob was playing this bassline and richard , prancing about with the microphone , started singing ‘ I 'm too sexy … ’ |
| 30 | A few months later Greville was killed in a car crash in Morocco . |