Example sentences of "[prep] a few [noun] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a few minutes Woodruffe said : ‘ You 've got your foot on the brake , Dudley . ’ |
| 2 | After a few minutes Crabb returned to the jetty for some extra weights to overcome his buoyancy and , having fitted these to his satisfaction , set off for the Russian cruiser . |
| 3 | After a few minutes Rose handed the paper back to him . |
| 4 | After a few minutes Jack groped for the bedside table . |
| 5 | After a few minutes Dieter 's car overtook them ; when they arrived at the auberge , it was parked in the shadows a short distance away with two dim shapes close together in the front seats . |
| 6 | After a few minutes Wednesday arrived with about ten boys , Mr Morraine and Matron . |
| 7 | After a few days Anne decided to go back to school . |
| 8 | But after a few days Mcduff lost interest . |
| 9 | But after a few days Clare began to worry . |
| 10 | After a few seconds Sandison said : ‘ Tell me about the Scots . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Please , Dana , do as I ask ; it 's important , ’ Claudia pleaded , and something in her manner must have got across , for after a few seconds Dana allowed herself to be led towards the café . |
| 12 | They turned left down a road and after a few paces Tom opened another gate into the field next to the graveyard . |
| 13 | With the exception of a few New Zealand government officials , the other inhabitants had only come to Koraloona because they preferred it to life in reduced circumstances in a big city . |
| 14 | In the course of a few years Hider had managed to undo a thousand-year-long German expansion eastwards . |
| 15 | For a few minutes Merrill heard the murmur of their voices , followed by the sound of Luke 's outer door closing . |
| 16 | It was the morning of Emilia Frere 's departure from the Hall and for a few minutes Louisa found herself alone with the Rector , who fingered the brim of his hat and beamed like the milky sun outside . |
| 17 | Friends were able to find an alternative , but for a few moments Marilyn said she could not believe it was happening to her and looked about for the dreaded Jeremy Beadle . |
| 18 | For a few moments Rune regarded her in silence , a slight smile playing round his strong mouth , then he asked softly , ‘ What happened to our truce ? ’ |
| 19 | Eleanor looked as if he had actually hit her , and for a few moments Jessamy found herself feeling sorry for her . |
| 20 | For a few moments Sandison allowed himself to take in the figure before him and he ignored what had been said . |
| 21 | For a few moments Morse sat where he was . |
| 22 | For a few moments Leith felt transfixed — there seemed to be a hint of kindness in his look . |
| 23 | For a few days Osman could not bring himself to show his face in public and there was a noticeable lull in hostilities . |
| 24 | The travellers say they 'll move on , but not for a few days.Ken Goodwin reports . |
| 25 | For a few seconds Jessamy sat there quietly fuming . |
| 26 | For a few seconds Luce sat staring at the closed door , trying to make sense of this latest development , before looking down at the tray . |
| 27 | For a few weeks Oxford seemed like a normal city instead of a theme park . |
| 28 | For a few months Joanne stayed at home , but became desperate to get a job and regain her independence . |
| 29 | For a few months Hervey was one of those in day-to-day control of the royal administration . |
| 30 | One lunchtime when she had been at the House of Mattli for a few months Paula went there for her usual coffee and the cottage cheese salad that was her staple diet now that it was so important that she did not add a single half-inch to her wand-slim figure . |