Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun pl] [adv] [conj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only a few hours later and Fabia was wishing with all she had that she had touched wood when she 'd made that statement . |
| 2 | This impression was tragically confirmed a few hours later when news came through that HMS Sheffield had been sunk . |
| 3 | Peas will take a few minutes longer than beans to soften . |
| 4 | Her question was answered a few minutes later when Matthew himself came outside and saw her at the window . |
| 5 | Nobody there , but he could n't be more than a few yards away and Forester 's fingers would n't obey him enough to get the buckles properly secured . |
| 6 | I 'm off for a few days again so i 'll be a bit quiet . |
| 7 | The state of emergency was lifted a few days later after pollution levels had fallen . |
| 8 | A few days later before Anne went to work her mother asked her to go for bread . |
| 9 | They had thus sighted the continent a few days later than Bellingshausen 's sighting in longitude 2°15' W. Bransfield 's manuscript chart is in the hydrographic department of the Admiralty . |
| 10 | Paris could hardly believe its ears a few days later when Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau entered the Salle Pleyel , exactly 40 years after his Parisian début , to sing Die Schöne Müllerin with ( once past the buffeted consonants and fatal eruptions of ‘ Das Wandern ’ ) a mezza voce intact , and a sensitive response to the warmhearted suggesting from the piano of Christoph Eschenbach , that one could hardly believe possible ( and more astounding still in that immense hall ! ) . |
| 11 | These concerns were forgotten a few days later when Diana rose at dawn and travelled to the Lambourn home of Nick Gaselee , Charles 's trainer , to watch him ride his horse , Allibar . |
| 12 | A few days later when Tess came back from looking for work , the children came running out and danced round her . |
| 13 | Andrew Fowler was caught a few days later when police discovered the caravan at the girl 's former home . |
| 14 | It was only a few years ago that cheques and cash were the only means of payment available . |
| 15 | Oh Mrs , she said she 'd be , she would do them but she 'd felt absolutely terrified at the prospect because she had a a few years ago cos Gerry never had trousers with turn ups . |
| 16 | Even these statistics palled to insignificance a few years later when cocaine joined with heroin in the hard drugs scene and the high value of low bulk concentrated drugs made it so profitable and easy to smuggle . |
| 17 | The extent to which the courts could become involved in the politics of such disputes had been shown a few years earlier when Lord Cameron presided over an enquiry into a dispute on London building sites . |
| 18 | ‘ Linfield were drawn against a better team than the one we defeated — and I know from playing in Cyprus with Shamrock Rovers a few years back that Bangor were up against it , too . |
| 19 | ‘ Linfield were drawn against a better team than the one we defeated — and I know from playing in Cyprus with Shamrock Rovers a few years back that Bangor were up against it , too . |
| 20 | ‘ We 've had a few jobs recently where husbands have given their wives surprise parties in the stables or somewhere . |
| 21 | An open audition was advertised a few weeks later and Carl beat over 900 other young hopefuls singing Hole in the Ground , a song popularised by Bernard Cribbins . |
| 22 | She discovered the truth about their petnames a few weeks previously when Camilla was taken ill . |
| 23 | Tests at very high temperatures need be , and should be , continued for only a short period , i.e. , for days or a few weeks rather than months . |
| 24 | Mind you , I was in a pub in Manchester a few months ago when Eric Le Prat walked in , but that 's a different story … |
| 25 | Mind you , I was in a pub in Manchester a few months ago when Eric Le Prat walked in , but that 's a different story … |
| 26 | That is , until a few months later when Darnley and his page boy , whilst staying at Kirk o' Fields Palace , were killed in an explosion . |
| 27 | Any of them would be a thousand times better than Drummle ! ’ |
| 28 | I went back to Batty Langley , who considered the gardens she designed a thousand times better than Versailles . |
| 29 | It was a thousand times better that England should be a Prussian colony . |
| 30 | That is to say , W is from ten thousand to a million times higher than G and so the critical crack length is longer in direct proportion . |