Example sentences of "back [art] few [noun pl] [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | He was brought back a few hours later , dazed and dreamy , with a dull headache and no very clear notion of what had been done to him or why . |
2 | When Sara glanced back a few moments later , she saw that five liverymen had descended upon the urchin and were giving him a beating . |
3 | And , even more unexpectedly , change back a few pages later ? |
4 | The attendant giggled and came back a few minutes later with another bowl of rice and chicken , which Myeloski despatched with his customary enthusiasm . |
5 | Make a note of their position and come back a few weeks later to collect them when they are fully grown . |
6 | but that was an old woman 's tale really , that 's going back a few years ago |
7 | Oh I , I , I , I 'd one you know , oh I 'd one up , oh I 'm going back a few years now |
8 | Somewhat naïvely , I had expected it all to be sorted out then and there , but the chap just took my name , gave me a form to fill in and told me to come back a few days later for a full interview . |
9 | We half expected them to come back a few days later , but they have never returned to the barn we prepared so painstakingly for them , although they are still sometimes seen in the vicinity . |
10 | Happily in those days there was no air navel to take us in a few hours to Addis Ababa and bring us back a few days later . |
11 | ‘ But to my surprise , he phoned me back a few days later , and offered to help me . |
12 | Oh I phoned her back a few days later and said how are things now ? |
13 | All three of the participants in that clandestine meeting , looking back a few months later , were to recall the weather on that day as an omen — a mirror of the tempestuous events which followed . |