Example sentences of "[adv] and [prep] a [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did so and after a few minutes he said , ‘ Good enough , now you can continue in English . ’ |
| 2 | I pulled the wing above my head , steadied it , turned and faced downhill and with a few steps forward , and a gentle push from David , I was airborne . |
| 3 | The strange , rank smell was stronger than ever and after a few moments they all heard a heavy movement close by . |
| 4 | Anything struck by a poisoned arrow was paralysed almost immediately and in a few moments was dead . |
| 5 | He continued up the hill , and she went on down ; but a few paces further on she stopped and looked back , and it was at that precise moment that it happened , because he had turned back as well and for a few moments they looked longingly at each other , each tongue-tied , but each sure , now , of the other 's feelings . |
| 6 | Jeff , who drove a lead car , explained : ‘ We knew there was a building site there and after a few dollars had changed hands the construction workers used one of their cranes to transfer the three-and-a-halfton generator . ’ |
| 7 | One of the doctors managed to get the laundry going again and in a few days the hospital was evacuated to a small country town . |