Example sentences of "a few [noun pl] [adv] [noun] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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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 | Led by Major Ronnie Tod , 30 men went ashore and had hardly been gone a few minutes when Dudley Clarke and the commander saw the dark outline of a boat coming in from the sea . |
4 | A few minutes later Mr Saleb emerged . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | A secretary showed me into an ornately furnished drawing room and a few minutes later Sir George came in . |
7 | A few minutes later Sir Richard came down , closely followed by Lady Isabella and Buckingham . |
8 | In mediaeval Britain it was eaten in very large quantities , often raw , and a few centuries later William Shakespeare commented unfavourably on its smell . |
9 | 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 … |
10 | 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 . |
11 | A few days later Lord Ossory wrote to Samuel Whitbread enclosing a testimonial from Dr. John Dixon of Boughton . |
12 | A few days later Cardinal Ottaviani asked whether the fathers were planning a revolution . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | A few days later Keith Meerza sees Christopher for the last time . |
15 | 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 . |
16 | A few days later Mr Baker was hosting a dinner to thank the members of the Kingman Committee for their work . |
17 | A few days later Mr Churchill came to see Edward at Buckingham Palace . |
18 | 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 . |
19 | 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 . |
20 | 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 . |
21 | A few days later Rachel Lynde came to the farm . |
22 | A few days later president Wilson proclaimed his ‘ Fourteen Points ’ , his own version of the new consensus . |
23 | 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 . |
24 | 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 . |
25 | A few years ago Dr Palcic , Dr Lam and their colleagues started a company called Xillix to build machines to do just that . |
26 | 7 & 8 A few years ago Sally Baring of Borderline went into an antique shop and left with an 1895 fabric block . |
27 | He said : ‘ A few years ago Graham Taylor , then at Aston Villa , rang and said I should join the old organisation . |
28 | 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 . |
29 | A few years ago Glen Robins was unemployed and living from hand to mouth . |
30 | 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 " . |