Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun] [prep] a [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shirley was a good runner , and she caught Heather up a few yards from the fire . |
| 2 | In the first two reports of the Commissioner , he drew attention to a few technical problems , such as wrong numbers being intercepted , and he did make recommendations as to how the procedures should be modified , describing these as being of ‘ no great importance ’ . |
| 3 | Although she caught sight of a few racing friends , she felt ill at ease among the social butterflies that trilled and chattered all around her . |
| 4 | He caught sight of a few others , but they turned tail and vanished when they saw him through the mist . |
| 5 | Most found jobs within a few weeks and the longest any of them was unemployed was three months . |
| 6 | Some use has been made of a control suggested by Kurtz ( 1955 ) , in which the subjects received pre-training on a same — different task . |
| 7 | Anne studied Robyn for a few moments . |
| 8 | The crowd were settling in nicely to this when Ray ‘ Preston ’ joined John for a few numbers . |
| 9 | When , in 1651 , the Rump ordered guns from a former employee of his , Browne delivered an emotional remonstrance to the House of Commons : the state 's security , he claimed , depended upon a single gun-founder ; his enterprise employed a ‘ stock ’ of £30,000 , had overheads of at least £4,000 per annum , and had to be kept busy . |
| 10 | Erika followed Karl with a few lithe strides . |
| 11 | ‘ Where 's Prescott ? ’ asked Trentham after a few minutes had passed . |
| 12 | Howson started production in a former collar factory off the Old Kent Road with a workforce of five disabled men . |
| 13 | So I lost interest for a few years . |
| 14 | But it projected enthusiasm , delight and knowledge right through the television screen and it made Peter within a few months well-known to millions of people who had never imagined that they had any interest in natural history . |
| 15 | No. 11 Commando became involved in fighting the Vichy French in Syria , while No. 8 Commando took part in a few unsuccessful raids along the North African coast , transported into action by the Navy . |
| 16 | Hubel and Wiesel showed that the properties of the neurons in the visual cortex were drastically changed by restricting the visual experience of an animal , provided that these restrictions took place during a few months early in life called the sensitive period . |
| 17 | it sort of played about two or three minutes of music and then it went crrrkkkkkk for a few minutes , that 's why I kept hitting it . |
| 18 | Elinor said , ‘ I saw Sam for a few minutes , darling . |
| 19 | They took breath for a few moments before they emerged , after the third volley , to finish what they had begun , the Welsh swordsmen boiling out of the bushes joyously on their heels . |
| 20 | another driver says he came off in a field saw stars for a few seconds but he 's alright … |
| 21 | They discussed books for a few minutes . |
| 22 | I did resent her quite a lot for what she did but it gave way after a few months . |
| 23 | You had sort of a these eyes on on this big plate and it was turning round and it would be er churning them up you know , cutting them into like big er chip potato chip you know really . |
| 24 | ‘ We are skylined here , ’ said Tagan after a few moments . |
| 25 | ‘ When I came back from the war , we still had rationing for a few years . |
| 26 | Thus intermarriage could bring huge concentrations of titles and entailed property to a few surviving great houses . |
| 27 | The evening shadows were now lengthening and the support crew had thoughts of a few points in their heads . |
| 28 | At one point I left Switchboard for a few months . |
| 29 | Most of the C C P areas underwent reform in a few months . |