Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun sg] a few " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | There was the proliferative retinopathy episode a few weeks ago , and when she was hospitalised for the threatened toxaemia we found that her blood glucose was actually better controlled at home now than in hospital … |
| 2 | One of the first things we do , after settling in — we show up at this little garage or car cemetery a few blocks south . |
| 3 | An investigation by the Building Research Establishment a few years ago identified over a thousand different kinds of faults in new homes under construction . |
| 4 | COURTROOM drama A Few Good Men starring Tom Cruise and Demi Moore , above , took £7 million in three days to beat off opposition from Mel Gibson , Steve Martin and Robin Williams to be No 1 in America 's movie top 10 in the run-up to Christmas . |
| 5 | He had a very bad car accident a few months ago and shattered his kneecap . |
| 6 | Some lasted in revenue service a few more years however . |
| 7 | Around him in the eating house a few other diners sat , chatting quietly , and from the next table came the muted click of the pieces being moved by two players of twenty-squares . |
| 8 | We reached Brigade H.Q a few minutes later and drove the jeep round to the back of the house where we unloaded the canisters . |
| 9 | Our route , although a time-saver , took us near Iraq — over the area that became the battlefield for Desert Storm a few months later . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The next day belonged to Devon Malcolm , a man who came into the Test team a few months earlier against Australia with a reputation for being able to bowl extremely quickly but rarely accurately , who , with less than perfect eyesight , was a total rabbit with the bat , and who could be a joke as a fielder . |
| 12 | He had his suede shoes brushed over with a wire brush by the boot-black outside the General Post Office and arrived at Exchange station a few minutes before ten o'clock . |
| 13 | He saw Mr Vaughan cross Cadhay Bridge a few hundred yards away , heard the calves in fields beyond the river calling to their mothers , and then , as the storms of an October night closed round , he closed his eyes and tried to sleep . |
| 14 | Likely to meet the Scottish club are Yorkshire 's Ilkley , who re-confirmed their serious intention to succeed in 1992 by beating lowly-placed Barnard Castle School , and then following up this home victory a few days later with a 3–0 away success in a delayed fixture against Topspin Darlington . |
| 15 | But today the prostate operation is routine , as I discovered when I visited the operating theatre a few days after I had had mine . |
| 16 | The collection of rubbish every fortnight will not start until June to give those people not already using the recycling scheme a few months to get used to the idea . |
| 17 | The problems faced by Britain 's loudspeaker industry a few years ago , when political upheavals in Zaire disrupted cobalt supplies , highlight the crucial nature of the strategic metals . |
| 18 | Jan Turner says that he helped organise an evererst marathon a few years ago and one sad thing about that was the local runners could not afford the right equipment or did n't have the money to tarin … so he 's here to help them |
| 19 | That 's a small farming village a few kilometres out of Bad Schwarzendorn . |
| 20 | In referring to the non-collection rates of community charge a few weeks ago , Councillor said , the outstanding debt will cripple essential services and I dread to think what effect it will have on our schools , social services and the state of the streets . |
| 21 | You can help this fall in body temperature by being inactive all evening ( sitting in front of the television ? ) , but if you are quite active physically then you can maintain a sense of comfort if you turn down your room thermostat a few degrees in the evening or if you roll up your sleeves and aid heat loss this way . |
| 22 | The Strozzi-Sacrati collection achieved celebrity status a few years ago when a forged will was discovered in a bureau in the palace , placed there by an antique dealer sporting a false moustache who had gained entry on the pretext of checking items in the collection . |
| 23 | This time it was Maldita , a grey mare who had slipped into the yard already broken as part of a job lot a few weeks ago . |
| 24 | John Blair-Gould , defending , told the court she had left her £15,000-a-year job with a film distribution company a few weeks ago and would be working as a freelance , reviewing books and films . |
| 25 | He was lounging back against the tree trunk a few yards away , consulting his compass and studying the map intently . |
| 26 | ‘ As the cockle-gatherers of Penclawdd , the seaside village a few miles from the Eisteddfod field realise only too well , the ebb never leaves empty-handed it leaves behind traces of new life . |
| 27 | I was able to buy a second-hand machine with an electric motor at a charity shop a few months ago . |
| 28 | The shelling had stopped now and it was certain that someone had been killed or wounded , maybe the chap in the next slit trench a few feet away . |
| 29 | Walkers will visit every working men 's club in the area , and the money raised will be presented to Darlington Hospice representative Tony Morris at the club 's Grand Charity Concert a few days later . |
| 30 | I felt sorry fer 'er Ernie. 'E come 'ome that night wiv a few drinks inside 'im an' 'im an' Maudie got at it . |