Example sentences of "[prep] [art] few [noun pl] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | After a few seconds the panel in front of him rose up . |
| 32 | But holding the copper after a few seconds the heat all the heat 'd be transmitted through |
| 33 | After a few months the initial enthusiasm for d-i-y started to wane , and the pace slowed right down as most of the rooms were completed . |
| 34 | After a few months the Girls would be sent to perform in casinos , mainly dotted round the south of France and Monte Carlo . |
| 35 | After a few months the three girls began to settle down . |
| 36 | After a few months the child 's speech improved but later a specialist advised there was need of a further operation . |
| 37 | After a few weeks the final — and expected — decision was made and Shanaz was sent back to Pakistan , frightened and uncertain about the future . |
| 38 | After a few weeks the foal gains sufficient confidence to start establishing friendships with other foals , and as the weeks pass it will spend more time with them , and less with its mother — unless it is frightened , and then it will dash back to her side for security and reassurance . |
| 39 | After a few weeks the time log sheets are analysed for you by a specialist who duly reports back on how you have been spending your time . |
| 40 | Webbed feet were not designed for mountaineering , but after a few weeks the ducks had devised a method of hopping up the stairs one at a time , eating every morsel of bread along the way , until finally they were actually in my bedroom . |
| 41 | After a few weeks the female was observed ‘ glancing ’ off the side of the male and both were developing breeding coloration . |
| 42 | It 's one of the few crops the European Community is n't growing enough of . |
| 43 | One thing , thought Sally-Anne , looking around her , after Ma Bailey had set her down in one of the few chairs the room possessed , was that no one here had ever done any summer cleaning , nor spring , autumn nor winter cleaning either . |
| 44 | When all else fails , disciplinary procedures instigated properly and fairly are one of the few protections the public has . |
| 45 | And in the course of a few hours the softly spoken , silver-haired woman had made her feel as though they had always been friends . |
| 46 | Myxomatosis first shows as a swelling of eyes , ears and vent , and in the course of a few days the eyes fill with pus and the rabbit loses its sight . |
| 47 | In a matter of a few months the firm moved from being an outsider in the specialist insurance audit market ( having about 15% of the top insurance companies , measured in terms of premium income ) to being one of the two market leaders . |
| 48 | In 1939 history intervened and in the space of a few months the work of a lifetime was in ruins . |
| 49 | ‘ Within the space of a few years THE PENGUIN GUIDE has become something of an institution , its status earned largely through a cheerful , informative ‘ plain speaking ’ style , copious entries , and attractive reader-friendly presentation ’ — Classic CD |
| 50 | In the space of a few years the word ‘ hooligan ’ had outstripped its humble local origins and its specific reference to London gang life ( it had also begun to lose its capital ‘ H ’ ) and had come to be understood and feared as a much more general affliction among the nation 's youth . |
| 51 | For a few hours the Tea Master and his guests perform an artistic ritual in which the mundane is washed from their minds . |
| 52 | This was the rime when everyone had a siesta and for a few hours the village was virtually dead . |
| 53 | After studying the situation for a few minutes the first macaque ran off and got a long stick . |
| 54 | For a few minutes the prisoner enjoyed the game , but then she suddenly felt wet and sat up . |
| 55 | For a few minutes the sun glimmered through the mist to my right , a red ball just risen above the mountain . |
| 56 | For a few moments the clouds open and we lie in the heat of a hazy sun , our efforts justly rewarded . |
| 57 | For a few moments the corpse was trapped on a half-sunken log , then an eddy loosed the dead man and carried him westwards . |
| 58 | For a few moments the pilots sat there , appalled by the racket , upset by the tragedy , unwilling to leave . |
| 59 | For a few moments the headlights stayed , then she heard the noise of acceleration and once more all was quiet . |
| 60 | But by the time I had reached middle age , the Ordnance Survey had switched the names after an inconclusive local census , and for a few years the eastern stream appeared on their maps as the River Doe before being changed again — this time to the River Greta , having no doubt decided that the eastern stream was the principal of the two and really the source of the parent river . |