Example sentences of "[prep] [art] few [noun pl] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a few hours a rustling noise nearly shocked me off my boulder . |
| 2 | After a few moments a truce was arranged . |
| 3 | Her mouth opened and after a few moments a strange ululation sounded , a despairing cry , a death cry . |
| 4 | After a few moments a voice said , ‘ Hello , is there anybody there ? ’ |
| 5 | After a few minutes a little flame blossomed at the far corner . |
| 6 | After a few minutes a woman in a grey fur coat began to cross the street from my building . |
| 7 | After a few minutes a young woman came out of the street door below them and walked away . |
| 8 | After a few minutes a barman came in and asked everyone to move outside with the other hotel guests who had been evacuated from the building . |
| 9 | He dialled and after a few rings a female voice answered . |
| 10 | After a few years a department may be left with serious gaps in its library and a load of superannuated computing equipment . |
| 11 | so it meant that for some time before contingency fund development was introduced you must of had some concerns er about the accuracy of the figures you were putting forward for the publication , can , can I explain that a little more ? if after a few years a major repair needs to be carried out there was no contingency fund , it might mean sticking another two or three hundred pounds a year on the service charges , might it not , to cover a major repair |
| 12 | After a few days a population of adherent migratory cells is found surrounding the initial explant , which by various criteria , including contribution to melanocytes in vivo ( 13 ) , appear to be a relatively pure population of neural crest cells . |
| 13 | After a few seconds a second fin appeared . |
| 14 | They would tour all over the country for wages of a few shillings a week . |
| 15 | Though in our recent study of Adoption Allowances which involved many older children we did not set out to test the issues under discussion , nevertheless some of the 52 children we interviewed maintained a link with a member of the original family whilst in the case of a few others a ‘ clean break ’ approach was followed by agencies . |
| 16 | Perhaps it will be both rather more demanding and more flexible than some , asking for a few hours a year but with more emphasis on personal planning . |
| 17 | Though it may be possible to get professional or voluntary back-up for a few hours a day or a few days a week , an old or very sick and disabled person needs constant nursing and supervision round the clock . |
| 18 | With an air of great condescension he told me that he was ‘ prepared to give me a try-out ’ for a few hours a week . |
| 19 | AFTER THE MONTHS of location shooting in Cornwall , and the completion of the interiors of Straw Dogs at Twickenham Studios in London in March 1971 , Dustin returned to his New York home , determined to spend as much time as possible with his family , only going down to his production office , SweetWall Productions , on West 56th Street , for a few hours a day . |
| 20 | Even if you only work for a few hours a week , take out professional indemnity insurance . |
| 21 | Despite this demonstration of his habitual need for normal sleep , even if only for a few hours a night , this same individual appeared on television a few years later , again claiming never to sleep . |
| 22 | It 's a good idea to run your central heating pump for a few minutes a week in summer to prevent it from seizing up when the system is not in use . |
| 23 | If I feel that a particular patient is suffering from extreme tension and finds it difficult to relax , then I may suggest that , during the two weeks following the regression session , he simply practises a basic relaxation exercise for a few minutes a day . |
| 24 | Bought as an ‘ add-on ’ with a house contents policy for a few pounds a year , it should cover you for consumer , household and personal injury claims . |
| 25 | So , for a few pounds a month now , you could build up a very welcome nest-egg for yourself and provide financial protection for your family at the same time . |
| 26 | Smith himself was for a few years a tutor at Christ Church , but in 1795 he resigned his studentship to become incumbent of Daventry ( a Christ Church living ) , returning to Christ Church as a canon in 1807 . |
| 27 | For a few years a lean-to building stood against the remaining old wall which sheltered the homeless and I have spoken to one old inhabitant of Halling who remembers coming to the village as a young child and whose parents , being unable to afford other accommodation , sheltered there . |
| 28 | He sometimes wondered if it was not Blanche 's ability to daydream like this for a few seconds a day , the power to see beauty in apparent ugliness , that was the key to her resilience . |
| 29 | For a few seconds a bemused-looking Morse appeared slightly more concerned with the criticism of his diction than with the prosecution of his case , and it was Downes who continued : |
| 30 | He rented me a projector , and because he wanted to retire sold his movies to me for a few pesetas a twelve-reeler . |