Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun pl] [prep] [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a few moments of silence he pressed the button of an integral cassette-player beneath the dashboard and she was delighted to hear the opening bars of Mendelssohn 's Third Symphony . |
| 2 | A few moments before sundown I extricated Wavebreaker 's folding bicycle from the big locker on the boat 's after swim-platform , forced the rusting hinges open , then pedalled along Midshipman Road to the glittering block of apartments where our esteemed boss lived . |
| 3 | After a few hours of embroidery I was free ; free to cycle wherever I liked with my friends . |
| 4 | In order not to dull your pleasure I intend to only speak for a few minutes in case we all get snowed in/melt away in the heat ! |
| 5 | Already he was worried about their stores lasting until the Saturday when he might reasonably claim a few shillings to tide him over ; Emily 's mother had given them a box of stuff , sausages , bread , some tea , butter , bacon — but it would have to be spun out . |
| 6 | Sir Thomas , however , or rather his stomach , clearly did not agree , for halfway through the entremets , with a few words of apology he absented himself from-the table . |
| 7 | ‘ After a few days of production I had the opportunity to approach Dustin , ’ Silvis remembered . |
| 8 | The trip was a total success , and despite a few hiccups in transit we were able to transport some 5O , OOO items to the main hospital in addition to taking supplies to the towns at Clut-Napoca and Milas . |
| 9 | A few years after publication I was introduced to a well known photographer at a party . |
| 10 | After a few months of therapy it is usual for even the most intense form of cat phobia to disappear . |
| 11 | This means that for a few months in summer it is usually possible to sail right round West Spitsbergen ; if the ship is not too large and is able to land passengers from suitable landing craft , this is the best possible way to explore Spitsbergen . |
| 12 | Here are a few myths about exercise you might have believed in : |
| 13 | In A Hundred Years of Solitude we even sense that the writer wants to take us back into childhood , into the time when ‘ the world was … recent . ’ |