Example sentences of "[art] few [noun] [adv] she " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the few occasions when she had been compelled to enter the water , she had stayed in the very shallowest part of the pool and had never for a moment released her grip on the handrail . |
| 2 | One of the few occasions when she had been really cross with me had been when I suggested he might have been wiser to make some sort of provision for his wife and son . |
| 3 | It was the first time the monarch had ever used a Thames passenger ferry — and one of the few occasions when she had arrived at an official engagement by public transport in the UK . |
| 4 | A few moments later she came back to me . |
| 5 | A few moments later she was saying : ‘ Hello , Alexei , this is Anna Charsky . |
| 6 | A few moments later she appeared again and told them they could go in . |
| 7 | She did n't turn round : she expected Ace to follow , and a few moments later she heard running footsteps behind her . |
| 8 | And a few moments later she was shown into the office she remembered from before . |
| 9 | A few moments later she was putting a whisky tumbler into his hand . |
| 10 | But the sheer warmth and solace of the strong arms about her were so reassuring that a few moments later she drifted off into a much calmer and deeper sleep . |
| 11 | A few moments ago she had been burning up in his arms , caught up in the fever of his lovemaking , but now the blood seemed to have turned to ice in her veins , frozen by his uncaring tones . |
| 12 | For a few moments more she struggled , but he felt her resistance weakening . |
| 13 | There was n't the slightest sign that a few hours earlier she had collapsed in paroxysms of tears and seriously considered calling the whole thing off . |
| 14 | A few hours earlier she had been grinding wearily at Latin prose composition , when she had caught a shocked glimpse of her pinched , haggard face in the mirror . |
| 15 | Now she was lost , every cell , every fibre of her body alive with the memory of his possession , aching to re-experience what only a few hours , a few minutes ago she 'd sworn to deny them both . |
| 16 | A few minutes later she hurried back and took him by the hand . |
| 17 | A naive bee carried to the feeder from the hive and placed on the food source will circle repeatedly after taking on a load of sugar water as if ‘ studying ’ the source , and yet when she returns a few minutes later she will be unable to choose the correct feeder colour . |
| 18 | A few minutes later she heard Heather screaming and Penny barking . |
| 19 | Curiously , the female will help each male defend his territory from a neighbour , even though a few minutes later she may well move into the neighbour 's territory and switch sides . |
| 20 | A few minutes later she returned with Ben , who was carrying a tin bowl of water . |
| 21 | A few minutes later she turned into Varney Street , a cul de sac west of the common , and parked outside a late-Victorian terraced house near the end . |
| 22 | A few minutes later she was only twenty-five centimetres high . |
| 23 | A few minutes later she appeared on the swimming-pool bridge , chatting coquettishly to a tall blond man . |
| 24 | A few minutes later she came rushing out saying he 'd collapsed . |
| 25 | With Anne , to think was to act and when her father appeared a few minutes later she said immediately , ‘ Dad , Maureen has a friend who 's had to give up his house and live in a crummy room . |
| 26 | A few minutes later she slumped back into the front seat of the Granada . |
| 27 | A few minutes later she was hurrying through the sombre squares and lanes . |
| 28 | A few minutes later she heard the tractor clattering into the yard . |
| 29 | A few minutes later she heard the rich throb of a car engine in the drive below . |
| 30 | A few minutes later she parted from him and , weathering a few pleasant glances , went back to her office . |