Example sentences of "a [det] [noun pl] [conj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Rory pushed herself out of her chair , suddenly fuelled by restless energy , and strode to the window , gazing unseeingly over the lawn for a few moments as anger seethed within her . |
| 2 | A few supermarkets and food shops were open , most with long queues of customers waiting in the intense heat , hoping to stock up on food and other necessities in case the paralysis of the city 's life continues . |
| 3 | They can be taken a few hours before sleep is required in the new time zone . |
| 4 | Voting had been suspended only a few hours after polling began , because of " premeditated acts of sabotage " , according to Ismaila Nimaga , Minister of Public Security and Territorial Administration . |
| 5 | I did n't go till about half ten ah no cos I had a few letters and stuff to write first and I thought right I 'll just take me time and , cos I wanted to I did n't wan na go faster than you know than I should , I should have done sort of thing cos I wanted to time it properly . |
| 6 | Changes in company policy , new products and services , financial results , staff appointments , sponsorship news , factory openings — in fact almost any " happening " or change within your company or organisation will probably merit a release to at least a few papers or radio stations . |
| 7 | The polygenic nature of ageing contains a baleful message for gerontologists ; it is most unlikely that engineering of a few genes or intervention in a handful of physiological pathways will prevent the process from occurring . |
| 8 | At a time when the easy option for a band like Moose would be to step up the distortion , rip off a few riffs and steam into the easy-money heaven where rock pigs run wild , they 've flipped away on a heady , affecting tangent that 's been traced in the last five or ten years by The Weather Prophets and Lloyd Cole , but rarely in that time with such grace and preconception-shattering nerve . |
| 9 | AT A time when the easy option for a band like Moose would be to step up the distortion , rip off a few riffs and steam into the easy-money heaven where rock pigs run wild , they 've flipped away on a heady , affecting tangent that 's been traced in the last five or ten years by The Weather Prophets and Lloyd Cole , but rarely with such grace . |
| 10 | They warn that the number of lakes affected may double within a few decades unless air pollution in Europe is halved . |
| 11 | Delays are unlikely to exceed a few minutes while capacity is maximised . |
| 12 | President Bush on March 20 vetoed a US$77,500 million tax relief and economic growth bill only a few minutes after Congress completed work on it . |
| 13 | WATCH receptionist/telephonist Ann Sheppard at work for a few minutes and productivity levels take on a whole new dimension . |
| 14 | ‘ I 've tried quite a few times but mine are never any good . ’ |
| 15 | I 'm pleased we 've gone away probably , you know , we 've made a few friends because everbody 's just said to me how well we 've played and you know , it was a great game and all that kind of stuff , so that pleases me , I just do n't like losing . |
| 16 | Apart from our full time Dinghy Sailing and Windsurfing holidays , we have a few windsurfers and single handed dinghies which may be hired locally by the day , the half day or the hour subject to availability . |
| 17 | Large families eke out an existence for six days a week on a few loaves and margarine . |
| 18 | A few of his fellow citizens would wait until the train was about to depart , nobble him and throw him on the train , slip the guards a few dollars and wave goodbye . |
| 19 | After a few drinks and dancing , all were quite content until they heard that some people get proposed to on Christmas Eve . |
| 20 | A few days before discharge is expected , any services required are arranged and any drugs , dressings and appliances ( e.g. Mr Reynolds ' stoma equipment ) are ordered . |
| 21 | He died a few days after peace had been declared . |
| 22 | Wait a few days till dumbo gets bored and strolls in the streets . |
| 23 | Only a few years before alcohol prohibition was repealed in the United States in 1933 , public sentiment was similarly dominated by the opinions of the country 's prohibitionist leaders . |
| 24 | Your family would n't hold you back , and you have a professional qualification that 's highly in demand wherever you go , if you wanted to stay a few years and work . |
| 25 | Odette went up to 16 stone during her third pregnancy but , a few months after baby Kari was born , she joined a local branch of Slimmer 's World and she has n't looked back since . |
| 26 | That case is not expected to come to court for a few months and Dairy Crest wanted to stop him trading in the meantime . |
| 27 | And Elfed , her new husband , married only a few months and heir to a clan of claimants . |
| 28 | But if you thought about the order that you test , then , if something does n't work , you may only have to go back a few steps and re-test . |
| 29 | She had a thin , satisfied smile on her face , which not even a few smirks and elbow nudgings among those ladies who had been at the tea could banish . |
| 30 | A All faults or damage must be reported to RTS , as soon as possible , so that immediate action can be taken . |