Example sentences of "[prep] [art] few [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 31 | After a few moments she had relaxed fully , her apprehension shrivelled by the atmosphere of friendliness and laughter . |
| 32 | After a few moments she climbed down to the space station and ran off in the opposite direction to the shapechanger . |
| 33 | After a few moments he returned . |
| 34 | After a few moments he said calmly , ‘ Now , Jane , be sensible . |
| 35 | After a few moments he began walking , pausing once to look up at the grand facade of the Shelbourne . |
| 36 | After a few moments he realized they were flying on an interception course . |
| 37 | After a few minutes we watched them crossing the field , alongside the hedgerow . |
| 38 | After a few minutes we were shaking hands . |
| 39 | After a few minutes we all started to move along the ditch . |
| 40 | After a few minutes they passed the first of the estate workers ' cottages , two storey , stone-built , and around three hundred years old . |
| 41 | At first chicks peck at both food and pebbles about equally , but after a few minutes they learn the difference and thereafter pick up the food and avoid the pebbles ( especially if the latter are glued to the floor ! ) . |
| 42 | After a few minutes they were half opened and a middle-aged woman came and sat on the chair by his bed . |
| 43 | She made it back to her office and sank into her chair ; but after a few minutes she sat up , combed her hair and decided to go home . |
| 44 | At first she pulled back , but after a few minutes she relaxed a little . |
| 45 | After a few minutes she returned . |
| 46 | After a few minutes she noticed a certain cunning softness replacing the apprehension of his expression , and her heart began to beat a little faster . |
| 47 | After a few minutes she decided to take another two tables and then continued taking two at a time until she had swallowed about 30 . |
| 48 | After a few minutes she said , ‘ Oh , I nearly forgot the valentine card I bought yesterday ! ’ |
| 49 | After a few minutes she padded back into the bedroom wrapped in a big fluffy towel . |
| 50 | After a few minutes she stopped watching them . |
| 51 | Bella always tries , but after a few minutes she burst into tears and would never go near that room again . |
| 52 | After a few minutes she went out and Quigley came in , waving a piece of paper . |
| 53 | After a few minutes she opened them again . |
| 54 | They headed north , and after a few minutes she began to think she might actually survive . |
| 55 | After a few minutes she bent her head and dropped a kiss lightly on his ankle , and then her hand slid up under the leg of the leathers and sensuously kneaded the firm muscle at the back of his calf . |
| 56 | After a few minutes it was the same inside . |
| 57 | Gaining height rapidly , heading east , after a few minutes it was enveloped by clouds and lost to view . ’ |
| 58 | If your symptoms do n't go away after a few minutes it is probable that you have n't caught it quickly enough and in this case you will need to use the technique of ‘ rebreathing ’ . |
| 59 | After a few minutes it will slowly and cautiously uncurl itself again . |
| 60 | Then after a few minutes it all stops . |