Example sentences of "a few [noun] [adv] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few moments later the other followed . |
| 2 | And when a few moments later the telephone goes , and the gas man says that he wo n't after all be coming today to service the boiler , he gets his head bitten off ! |
| 3 | Sarah watched for a few moments when the game began , then went off to look for her Nature treasures . |
| 4 | For a few moments more the warlock held his/her shape and Jaq almost despaired . |
| 5 | Indeed they have suggested a few areas where the pattern recogniser seems quite weak . |
| 6 | A few hours later the verdict was in . |
| 7 | A few hours later the carrack was proceeding slowly up the narrow entrance to the Tagus between St Julian 's Fort and the sandbanks where the long Atlantic swell was making a dazzling white line of roaring surf . |
| 8 | A few hours later the family were driving back to Windsor . |
| 9 | Those who did marry all left the trade , except for a few cases where the husband was a serving soldier abroad during the war . |
| 10 | Well I only got a few responses so the rest of the votes I made up . |
| 11 | Just a few minutes ago the ambulance carrying the two boys arrived at Stoke Mandeville . |
| 12 | To her surprise a few minutes later the taxi pulled up outside a fashion shop in one of the main city streets as the driver indicated she had reached her destination . |
| 13 | A few minutes later the company sergeant-major marched out of the tent to collect him . |
| 14 | A few minutes later the train arrived in Duisburg and we got out . |
| 15 | A few minutes later the spaceship landed and I was home . |
| 16 | A few minutes later the spaceship was falling towards a planet covered with tall buildings . |
| 17 | A few minutes later the ship saw us and turned . |
| 18 | A few minutes later the Doctor had reached the valley . |
| 19 | A recent view is that a postsynaptic kinase is activated transiently ( for less than a few minutes following the tetanus ) and a presynaptic kinase is activated for longer periods ( but for less than 1 hour ) . |
| 20 | After a few minutes more the conversation was beginning to flag . |
| 21 | There are quite a few species where the sex roles have become reversed and where males behave like females and females behave like males . |
| 22 | There were a few tears even the obstetrician seemed a bit overcome and kept shaking my hand . |
| 23 | Except ride round on a horse and pen a few articles when the mood took her . |
| 24 | I am pleased to be able to confirm that the setting up of Council Tax liabilities for individual properties is now complete within the computer software , with the exception of a few properties where the rebate entitlement has still not to be finally resolved . |
| 25 | A few feet away the corridor opened into a new space . |
| 26 | Rather , indicate in a few words how the rest of your answer would proceed if you had time . |
| 27 | Just a few days ago the couple posted a Christmas present to their daughter which will arrive in South Africa in the next week . |
| 28 | Todays toil to lower the level of the brook takes a bitmore than one man and his dog , but the necessary speed of the work means thispiece of Georgian architecture will be hidden once more in a few days when the brook 's allowed to flow through here again . |
| 29 | So , Bob gets the person who recommended him to recommend me , and a few days later the ticket , and the rule book , arrives : |
| 30 | A few days later the emergency evacuation of civilians from Suez to within the camp 's barbed wire perimeter fence began . |