Example sentences of "arrived a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the head of the Commissioners , Sir Malcolm Trustram Eve , who was no man to be trifled with , arrived a few days after the Commissioners approved the expenditure , the butler Alexander showed him the restoration already complete . |
| 2 | He arrived a few weeks before me at the Elephant and retired just a few weeks before I left the department after the 1987 general election . |
| 3 | Miss Bedwelty arrived a few minutes after they did and they all piled into the factory . |
| 4 | Fowler , who arrived a few minutes later , was middle-aged ; he had stayed a detective constable ostensibly because he could not pass the examination for sergeant , but his colleagues claimed that he deliberately avoided promotion . |
| 5 | ‘ Taxi George ’ was waiting inside the apartment and ‘ Syrian George ’ arrived a few minutes later . |
| 6 | The first shipment arrived a few days ago and the stallholder got his stock on Friday evening . |
| 7 | ‘ Your father arrived a few minutes ago , and is waiting to see you . ’ |
| 8 | The message probably arrived a few minutes after we left . |
| 9 | De Gaulle himself arrived a few hours later . |