Example sentences of "a few [noun pl] [art] [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a few moments a voice said , ‘ Hello , is there anybody there ? ’ |
| 2 | Within a few hours a scum appears on top of the wort and this rapidly builds up into a great yellowy-brown crust as the yeast turns the sugars into alcohol and carbon dioxide . |
| 3 | The Prince 's Youth Business Trust , which gives grants and loans to disadvantaged young people hoping to start their own businesses , is looking for volunteer business advisers prepared to give up a few hours a month to help the youngsters get their projects off the ground . |
| 4 | But within a few hours the mood changed and what Docherty now describes as ‘ unforeseen forces ’ began to operate . |
| 5 | In a few cases the disease undergoes a recurrent phase when the manifestations of secondary syphilis are seen again . |
| 6 | We can use affirmations to bring a positive , joyful attitude to life in general — either using them as needed during the day , or putting aside a few minutes every day to affirm our beliefs . |
| 7 | In a few minutes a boy appeared . |
| 8 | ‘ Initially people think bonsai trees must be quite difficult to keep , but all it takes is a few minutes a day to see they are properly watered . |
| 9 | After a few minutes a barman came in and asked everyone to move outside with the other hotel guests who had been evacuated from the building . |
| 10 | For a few minutes the prisoner enjoyed the game , but then she suddenly felt wet and sat up . |
| 11 | For a few minutes the sun glimmered through the mist to my right , a red ball just risen above the mountain . |
| 12 | After a few minutes the noise began to subside . |
| 13 | But just a few minutes the vicar arrived , and despite the Church 's apology insisted the crosses would have to go . |
| 14 | You had to pee a few times a day to survive . |
| 15 | I feel that this is a difficult poem to understand but when it has been read a few times the meaning becomes clear . |
| 16 | After a few yards the sea appears once more on your left , and in the distance , a railway viaduct crossing the bay . |
| 17 | After a few yards the greenery opened out again beside a small lake . |
| 18 | Within a few days a reply came . |
| 19 | Sorry , I run a health spa in Scotland and I see an awful lot of women who obviously come in for some slight improvement but quite frankly it is the stress factor that shows in the face that does n't make them quite so beautiful because their personalities comes across for when their stressed it shows in their face and I notice when they leave only after a few days the stress has gone and their personality shines through and their far more beautiful . |
| 20 | As soon as this is big enough to cling to , the speed of construction accelerates and within a few days the wall has become a semicircular cup of creamy white interlacing strings that is just big enough to hold the customary clutch of two eggs . |
| 21 | For a few days the president agonized over whether to exercise his veto , but , in the end reluctantly signed what was now a Congressional rather than a presidential bill . |
| 22 | Paul took the stuff home , used it , and in a few days the chancre dried up and went away . |
| 23 | There were but six people on board , all of whom were killed and although the event was duly reported in the press and other media as one might expect , the world proceeded with its normal business and within a few days the matter had receded into the background . |
| 24 | However , after a few days the coral becomes accustomed to its resident , and behaves normally . |
| 25 | Remember that any such feature is simply a vehicle for the plants to be grown over it , and in a few years the structure becomes incidental to the glory of the climber that smothers it . |
| 26 | After a few years the axiom had taken upon itself the shape of practical reality . |
| 27 | Then after a few miles the engine stopped again . |
| 28 | In a few miles the traveller passes from the summer droughts and deserts of Africa to the climate of northern Europe . |
| 29 | In this case the spin itself was quite normal , and after a few turns the pilot initiated the recovery by applying the full opposite rudder and then moving the stick forwards . |
| 30 | With a few exceptions the survey has been the dominant methodology adopted . |