Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [prep] a [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Business as usual The election led to a few significant changes in Northern Ireland , but mostly it 's more of the same , says Robin Wilson |
| 2 | In spite of an inauspicious beginning , Laura and Bernard succeeded within a few years in developing an absorbing private life in their adopted country . |
| 3 | The reply came in a few minutes ago listing ten different countries with which he does business . ’ |
| 4 | The effect began within a few minutes but took an hour or more to reach a maximum . |
| 5 | Mrs Rumney rang within a few days . |
| 6 | Georgina chatted for a few minutes about the qualities she considered desirable in a secretary ; she even asked Celia 's opinion . |
| 7 | The fighting continued for a few seconds before they realised that it was no longer dark . |
| 8 | ‘ Both born in the Ukraine , you 'll notice , ’ Manville explained after a few seconds . |
| 9 | The decapitated head spun like a ball in the air , lips still moving ; his trunk stood for a few seconds in its own fountain of hot red gore before crashing on to the blood-stained ice . |
| 10 | A new chairman came in a few months ago . |
| 11 | Laboriously tilled fields of corn became within a few hours torrents of mud , houses slipped down hillsides , church-towers were struck by lightning , sheep and cattle were carried away in swirling waters and dawn revealed their bloated corpses jammed against the piers of bridges that had themselves been partially destroyed by the weight and fury of the swollen waters . |
| 12 | Perhaps the most fitting tribute to Billy Turner came from a former Palace Manager , Jack Tresadern . |
| 13 | But amazingly , 17-stone Alan escaped with a few small cuts and bruises — and a little lost dignity . |
| 14 | After completing his studies at Glasgow University , Gavin worked for a few months at a salmon farm near Ft William , checking for virus infection . |
| 15 | Major Tzann thought for a few seconds . |
| 16 | Nigel leafed through a few large-print Agatha Christies but was put off by the noxious inexplicable stains on the pages . |
| 17 | Like Rourke , De Niro ran into a few problems himself with unsympathetic locals . |
| 18 | After her death , he advertised for a housekeeper with a view to matrimony but unfortunately the first lady who took the job decamped after a few days , taking with her his prized possessions and helped by a male friend who apparently had kept in the background . |
| 19 | SURVIVOR : Patrese escaped with a few bruises |
| 20 | Some of the stories will now appear dated , and as the years ticked by a few of his novels did tend to veer on to the wrong side of the far-fetched . |
| 21 | What did it matter if fish died after a few weeks ? |
| 22 | Grandma lay for a few days drifting in and out of sleep , unaware of everything about her , until one afternoon when Julia and Carrie were sitting with her . |
| 23 | The Abbot and over half the monks of Battle perished , eight of the thirteen canons of Mitchelham , most of the heads of religious houses , and up to half of the rest of the county 's population died within a few months , although the effects varied from community to community . |
| 24 | When endosonography suggested the persistence of tumour infiltration in these patients , a local recurrence or distant metastases appeared within a few months . |
| 25 | The Soul Eater crouched for a few moments and Nuadu saw that a thin silvery fluid was beginning to course along its hollow talons . |
| 26 | Looking at the relaxed poses in our photographs , it will come as no surprise to learn that Clarissa modelled for a few years back in the 60s . |
| 27 | So , Meldrews syndrome was well and truly evident , with various profanities splattered with a few ‘ … believe it 's . |
| 28 | Durbeyfield walked on a few steps in a dream , then sat down with his basket . |
| 29 | Shivering , she brushed a few drops of rain from her face , glad when Rune returned in a few minutes in the promised taxi . |
| 30 | The first machines looked at a few dozen positions a second ; the more recent , 1200–1500 a second . |