Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've had a splendid time , ’ she replied instead , and when some minutes later a taxi whisked them back to their hotel she felt it had been a dream of an evening . |
| 2 | Suggest some reasons why the land in the background in the photograph is less valuable to farmers than that in the foreground . |
| 3 | One day Tony gets up to watch and witnesses one of the few times when the sun travels across a blue , cloudless sky . |
| 4 | In some clinics where the work-load is heavy , the actual tests from males may be taken by one of the technicians rather than the doctor . |
| 5 | In a few cases where a horn has been removed this can be proved by stating so or by an admission on the part of the defendant . |
| 6 | This can best be seen in the appointment of commissions to assess the subsidy on aliens granted in Edward IV 's last parliament , one of the few cases where the council took positive decisions about personnel rather than ( as with the sheriffs , for instance ) simply confirming Edward IV 's appointments . |
| 7 | This can best be seen in the appointment of commissions to assess the subsidy on aliens granted in Edward IV 's last parliament , one of the few cases where the council took positive decisions about personnel rather than ( as with the sheriffs , for instance ) simply confirming Edward IV 's appointments . |
| 8 | These show that , in those relatively few cases where the auditor 's role has been challenged , in virtually no cases at all has lack of independence been demonstrated — or even alleged . |
| 9 | In the few cases where the church plan diverges from the conventional arrangement by including only a single side aisle rather than the normal two , this volume , rather than the nave space , can be used to accommodate the dwellings access corridor , although it is noteworthy that in the conversion of St James 's Church , Farnham , Surrey , which is also described in this chapter , the optimum cross-sectional treatment of such an asymmetrical plan placed the longitudinal access corridor in the former nave space , the aisle projection being used to accommodate living-rooms . |
| 10 | Despite the constant temptation to misuse an artist 's name , there seem to be very few cases where the customer was actually deceived , although this surely must have happened with some pirate or bootleg records . |
| 11 | This aspect is something that has increased in importance with the rise of inflation because there are very few cases where the deceased would not have been earning more by the date of trial than he was earning at the date of his death . |
| 12 | Those who did marry all left the trade , except for a few cases where the husband was a serving soldier abroad during the war . |
| 13 | They were never very significant , few are well-documented , and many are now abandoned , but they represent , in the old and densely occupied county of Somerset , one of the few cases where an area was colonised and settled . |
| 14 | Just a few minutes ago the ambulance carrying the two boys arrived at Stoke Mandeville . |
| 15 | He could not explain why he ran or why he and David abandoned a car a few minutes later a mile from the town centre . |
| 16 | As I was struggling down the yard with the fully laden bucket a few minutes later a neighbour , Mrs Woods , saw me . |
| 17 | So I hung around and , sure enough , a few minutes later a squad car turned up all its lights flashing . |
| 18 | A few minutes later a car drew up , its brakes screeching in the best SS fashion . |
| 19 | But just a few minutes later a playgroup worker found the baby lying on the tiled floor next to the pushchair . |
| 20 | A few minutes later a youth with a shattered left knee-cap was wheeled on a low-slung ambulance trolley into the Cleansing Theatre . |
| 21 | A few minutes later the company sergeant-major marched out of the tent to collect him . |
| 22 | To her surprise a few minutes later the taxi pulled up outside a fashion shop in one of the main city streets as the driver indicated she had reached her destination . |
| 23 | A few minutes later the ship saw us and turned . |
| 24 | A few minutes later the Doctor had reached the valley . |
| 25 | A few minutes later the train arrived in Duisburg and we got out . |
| 26 | A few minutes later the spaceship landed and I was home . |
| 27 | A few minutes later the spaceship was falling towards a planet covered with tall buildings . |
| 28 | Therefore , arbitrage can lead to the sale or purchase of very large blocks of shares , irrespective of the price , in the few minutes when the delivery price is determined . |
| 29 | On the way to Eric 's first hiding place there had been an uncomfortable few minutes when the doctor 's car , in spite of its prominently displayed red cross , had been stopped by a carabinieri patrol . |
| 30 | After a few minutes more the conversation was beginning to flag . |