Example sentences of "a few [noun pl] [adv] [subord] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few moments later when she opened her eyes she was startled to find her vision filled by the tanned shoulders of Ross as he leaned over her prone body . |
| 2 | Clearly , the hon. Gentleman was not listening a few moments ago when I quoted directly the Governor of the Bank of England saying that the conditions necessary to underpin a sustained recovery are now in place . |
| 3 | The German had intended to ride his Olympic gold medal partner , Walzerkoenig , on Saturday night until a few hours earlier when it was discovered that the horse 's off-foreleg was inexplicably swollen . |
| 4 | A few minutes later while she was pinning up her hair before having her bath , she heard the sound of horses ' hooves and saw Matthew with Bunny Chaloner by his side ride out . |
| 5 | Rachel found herself following him into the social club and a few minutes later when they were both seated with their drinks in the same window-seat where they had sat before she said , ‘ So what 's your connection with Conway House ? ’ |
| 6 | His conclusion that it was simply an old-fashioned recognition of his comparative youth was to be torpedoed a few minutes later when he heard her addressing his neighbour as Alf . |
| 7 | ‘ He 's a manager , your dad , is n't he ? ’ asked Jamie Shepherd a few minutes later as they bounced round a corner with the old van rattling as if it was going to shake itself to bits at any moment . |
| 8 | She walked into the sitting-room a few minutes later as he was replacing the phone . |
| 9 | It is better to learn that the candidate can not put a few words together before he/she joins the company rather than after he/she is employed . |
| 10 | The cenotaph provides a fitting frontispiece to the chapel and here the memorial garden , cared for by members of the Keyingham Royal British Legion , now houses the remains of the ancient village cross , moved from its site a few yards away where it would have caused an obstruction to modern traffic flow . |
| 11 | Before they could reach him , however , he was borne aloft like a javelin and carried to the quayside a few yards away where he was dumped unceremoniously into the murky waters to a great cheer from those who were close enough to witness the event . |
| 12 | I had known a few evenings here when it was chilly and wet — the nights were generally cold — but now it was pleasant ; warm as a good summer evening in Scotland . |
| 13 | She 'd just box a few ears , knock a few heads together like she did with the Rattries , and chase them off . |
| 14 | He had told her about the cannabis bed a few days ago when they had been walking in the garden and her eyes had widened in shock . |
| 15 | John Major made a perceptive observation a few days ago when he declared that he found many people to be cross , rather than angry , about the recession . |
| 16 | A few days ago when I was hooked up to a foetal monitor , a midwife rushed in , not to ask how I was , but to see if I knew the latest on the war . |
| 17 | They 'd had a , he had to give evidence he said , you know because , I mean he said a few days previously so they , financial problems as loaded as the family are nobody come to the rescue ! |
| 18 | The same unfortunate landlord returned a few days later as we were playing forfeits , and made no mention of the fact that one person was in a bra and panties with a colander on his head , another had wellingtons on filled to the brim with curdled milk and the rest of us had false moustaches drawn on with an indelible black magic marker . |
| 19 | The joke turned against me a few days later as we were preparing to go alongside a ship at Baltic Wharf on the river Crouch . |
| 20 | She was threatened with that a few days later when she was sweeping the back stairs and her rear view was too much of a temptation for the young footman . |
| 21 | Mike McFarlane , Commonwealth champion and Olympic finalist , a few years ago before he owned a car , had to travel to the New River Sports Centre on Tottenham 's White Hart Lane , where he trained with Haringey . |
| 22 | A few years ago if yu wanted peace yu would hav fe mek a |
| 23 | A few years ago if yu said yu were Green |
| 24 | A few years ago if you had a machine with a 40Mb hard drive you would have described it as a high specification machine . |
| 25 | One of the subscribers taking part in the trials said : ‘ I would n't have had the problems I had with malicious calls a few years ago if I 'd had Caller Display then . ’ |
| 26 | I am sure members will be aware speed speedway received financial assistance from the Council a few years ago when they ran into difficulties . |
| 27 | She knew what Papa would say because he had said it a few years ago when she had begun to reproach him and all men for their oppression of women . |
| 28 | Were , were there a lot of erm sort of small workshops like yours , a few years ago when you |
| 29 | Did n't Cloughie get done for doing something similar a few years ago when he chinned the Forest fan who 'd run on the pitch ( later kissed him but brought out one of the all-time commentators classics from Greavesie when he said ‘ It was the first time the shit really had hit the fan ’ ) . |
| 30 | The ‘ Romance ’ from The Gadfly became , of course , a popular favourite a few years ago when it was used as the theme for the TV series Reilly : Ace of Spies , but as played here by the Chicago Sinfonietta under Paul Freeman it 's altogether drier ad more reticent — no comparison at all with the recording by the USSR Cinema SO under Emin Khachaturian on CfP which glows with warmth and stylish authenticity . |