Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [prep] a few " in BNC.
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| 31 | Jock Lewes came in a few days later with a different tale to tell . |
| 32 | Janine hesitated for a few seconds before she slipped into them . |
| 33 | Busacher put in a few whirly violin runs on the piano and crescendoed unnecessarily loudly , paused too long , gasped , she joined him , and together they sailed into the finale and burst out laughing . |
| 34 | Harris paused for a few seconds while he negotiated the cabriolet over some deep ruts in the high road . |
| 35 | Marlene waited for a few minutes before calling softly to Keith , |
| 36 | Sister Marcus paused for a few seconds . |
| 37 | The congregation of St Nicholas consisted of a few poor people from the neighbourhood and otherwise of less poor people from various parts of the city or from Birkenhead across the Mersey . |
| 38 | Lorton paused for a few seconds . |
| 39 | Mark stood for a few moments at the corner of Parliament Street and Bridge Street . |
| 40 | Karelius remained for a few moments gazing out into the night , taking in the mighty fires and flares , and the cries of ‘ l'Empereur ! ’ mingled occasionally with snatches from the Carmagnole , Père Duchesne , and other patriotic songs . |
| 41 | Sarah stayed outside a few minutes longer , her spirits lifting wondrously , and she felt as happy as a robin singing among the branches of the oak tree . |
| 42 | Urquhart slowed after a few steps and then stopped . |
| 43 | Melissa watched for a few seconds as he worked , apparently impervious to the heat , then turned back to where the others were waiting . |
| 44 | John thought for a few seconds , |
| 45 | Howard thought for a few moments and then said , ‘ I think I know what time the next plane leaves for London . ’ |
| 46 | Normally Rachel slept for a few hours after the feed and Carrie had made sure her husband knew what to do should the baby wake up before she got home . |
| 47 | Room temperature fusion has been discovered independently and simultaneously by two groups in Utah working within a few miles of each other . |
| 48 | John stood for a few seconds contemplating the receding lights of the tanker , he dropped the revs on the engine then settled himself . |
| 49 | Morse and Max stood for a few moments silently just outside the front door of the Kemp residence . |