Example sentences of "a few [noun pl] [adv] [noun] [noun prp] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 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 .
2 Just a few minutes ago Lou Macari left the court buildings with his wife Dale , and his solicitor Stephen Pollard , who made this statement .
3 A few minutes later Mr Saleb emerged .
4 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 .
5 A secretary showed me into an ornately furnished drawing room and a few minutes later Sir George came in .
6 A few minutes later Sir Richard came down , closely followed by Lady Isabella and Buckingham .
7 In mediaeval Britain it was eaten in very large quantities , often raw , and a few centuries later William Shakespeare commented unfavourably on its smell .
8 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 …
9 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 .
10 A few days later Lord Ossory wrote to Samuel Whitbread enclosing a testimonial from Dr. John Dixon of Boughton .
11 A few days later Cardinal Ottaviani asked whether the fathers were planning a revolution .
12 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 .
13 A few days later Keith Meerza sees Christopher for the last time .
14 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 .
15 A few days later Mr Baker was hosting a dinner to thank the members of the Kingman Committee for their work .
16 A few days later Mr Churchill came to see Edward at Buckingham Palace .
17 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 .
18 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 .
19 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 .
20 A few days later Rachel Lynde came to the farm .
21 A few days later president Wilson proclaimed his ‘ Fourteen Points ’ , his own version of the new consensus .
22 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 .
23 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 .
24 A few years ago Dr Palcic , Dr Lam and their colleagues started a company called Xillix to build machines to do just that .
25 7 & 8 A few years ago Sally Baring of Borderline went into an antique shop and left with an 1895 fabric block .
26 He said : ‘ A few years ago Graham Taylor , then at Aston Villa , rang and said I should join the old organisation .
27 It is interesting that only a few years ago Mr Albert Baker of Baker Bros. , Upper Halling , paid the Vicar part of the cost of wood he had cut in Halling woods .
28 A few years ago Glen Robins was unemployed and living from hand to mouth .
29 A few years later William Tyrell , private secretary of the foreign secretary from 1908 onwards , " went out of his way to cultivate relations with the Press " .
30 Ironically , a few years later Ken Clarke came under attack on the same issue .
  Next page