Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] [adv] a [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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | As I was struggling down the yard with the fully laden bucket a few minutes later a neighbour , Mrs Woods , saw me . |
| 5 | So I hung around and , sure enough , a few minutes later a squad car turned up all its lights flashing . |
| 6 | A few minutes later a car drew up , its brakes screeching in the best SS fashion . |
| 7 | But just a few minutes later a playgroup worker found the baby lying on the tiled floor next to the pushchair . |
| 8 | A few minutes later a youth with a shattered left knee-cap was wheeled on a low-slung ambulance trolley into the Cleansing Theatre . |
| 9 | A few minutes earlier a JetRanger helicopter had lifted-off from Blackpool bound for Ronaldsway . |
| 10 | Opportunities for employment for graduates in linguistics are very similar to those for any graduate in Arts curricula , but there are some cases where a degree in linguistics is regarded as a relevant qualification , namely speech therapy and language teaching . |
| 11 | It is noted here because it indicates the increasing dissatisfaction of many Edwardian novelists with the high Victorian ideal of the exclusive ‘ home ’ , despite ( or because of ) the fact that in that period , as Walter Crane observed , ‘ the beautifying of houses , to those to whom it is possible , has become in some cases almost a religion ’ . |
| 12 | They had been afloat only a few hours when a seaman shouted down the hatch . |
| 13 | He successfully invaded Sudan to the south in 1820 , making it effectively a colony , and in some eyes even a part of Egypt . |
| 14 | They 'd only taken a few steps when a man gave an appreciative wolf whistle . |
| 15 | We had only gone a few steps when a voice called out from across the street . |
| 16 | Some months later a colleague and I were returning to London from a meeting in Brussels . |
| 17 | Some months ago a gang of local youngsters asked if I could help them in this direction . |
| 18 | A few months later a man living in Herne Bay in Kent found a live earthworm in his garden after a rainstorm . |
| 19 | A few months later a shuttle carried Jaq up to a great black ship circling in orbit . |
| 20 | Leave was refused at first instance and in the Court of Appeal , though a few months later a Practice Direction ( [ 1986 ] 2 All ER 226 ) was issued indicating the collective view of the judges that solicitors should be permitted to appear in the High Court or Court of Appeal in formal or unopposed proceedings . |
| 21 | I was n't therefore able to recommend this film when a few months later a woman from Nottingham requested a loan . |
| 22 | The temptation for Germans now , even though the generation of which Mann was writing has largely passed away , is to see in the great breakthrough of the last few months simply a kind of vindication of Germany 's efforts to achieve hegemony in Europe , to see the first and second world wars and what is happening now as three chapters of the same story . |
| 23 | The temptation for Germans now , even though the generation of which Mann was writing has largely passed away , is to see in the great breakthrough of the last few months simply a kind of vindication of Germany 's efforts to achieve hegemony in Europe , to see the first and second world wars and what is happening now as three chapters of the same story . |
| 24 | A few months ago a newspaper carried the story of a couple who had created a garden — now to be opened to the public — during the years that they were housebound , caring for sick relatives . |
| 25 | Over the last few months hardly a day had gone by without his name being mentioned in the financial Press , the articles mainly commenting on the swift , ferocious manner in which he was carving his way through the City , ruthlessly gobbling up one company after another . |
| 26 | George Lansbury , speaking at Shoreditch Town Hall in January 1924 , reminded the monarch that ‘ Some centuries ago a King stood against the common people and he lost his head . ’ |
| 27 | For instance , some years ago a patient came to the out-patient department complaining of severe bouts of depression . |
| 28 | Some years ago a man-hole was built behind the retaining wall . |
| 29 | Some years ago a humbucker was designed for Gibson that has a base plate which looks like a printed circuit board . |
| 30 | Ancient Egypt , rather than Ancient Rome , was used to fine effect by Agatha Christie in Death Comes as the End and I have even reviewed , most favourably , some years ago a novel in which the great Aristotle , no less , was the sleuth . |