Example sentences of "a few [adj] [noun pl] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a few heart-stopping moments the old engine coughed into life , and he managed to accelerate the loaded vehicle through the flames out to safety . |
| 2 | During the week ashore you meet your companions and after a few discreet words the lead crew sorts you out . |
| 3 | Together their income is £44,000 , more than the Lippitt family and far more than the Belkin family , yet they will only pay a few extra pounds a week in combined tax under Labour . |
| 4 | Repayment mortgages payable over 25 years can be extended to 30 or 35 years , earning you a few extra pounds a month because you will be paying less for longer . |
| 5 | He has a few lucid moments every now and again . |
| 6 | Topped by a few sprouting leaves the poles were festooned to the ground with garlands of paper-wrapped firecrackers , which were all now detonating deafeningly . |
| 7 | And Morse did the same , feeling for a few small moments an intense and splendid happiness . |
| 8 | The following day Charlie managed a little food , took a few painful steps the day after and could run a week later . |
| 9 | After a few embarrassed minutes the mourners slowly departed , leaving Flaubert jammed into the ground at an oblique angle . |
| 10 | For centuries the continual struggle of ordinary country folk to harvest an income to keep them and their families above starvation level meant that they were always prepared to swallow their pride and go , cap in hand , to the gentry for a few vital coppers The same philosophy spawned the hiring fairs ( which continued until the second half of the century ) when the ‘ spare ’ children of rural ( and sometimes urban ) families , not required for work at home , were sent to stand at appointed places where prospective employers could examine and interrogate them checking their limbs for strength and making sure they were properly subservient There was n't a deal of difference , fundamentally , between hiring fairs ( as immortalized by Thomas Hardy in Far From the Madding Crowd and the weekly cattle auctions held in market towns . |
| 11 | In just a few short years the throwline has become standard equipment for white water paddlers . |
| 12 | In a few short weeks the scoops had torn a channel twenty feet wide from end to end , ripping the backbone out of Adventurers ' Fen … |
| 13 | The foliage in the park was turning to burnished gold and Rachel knew that in a few short weeks the temperature would drop , the leaves would fall and once again her favourite time of year would be over . |
| 14 | It is impossible to convey to an outsider in a few short words the hothouse emotional atmosphere of such an establishment , with its all-too-conscientiously suppressed sexuality , and the consequent hysteria , or just plain silliness . |
| 15 | After a few false starts a whole vocabulary and syntax that he never knew he knew begins to well up from his old-fashioned black portable . |
| 16 | She leaned back against him , revelling in the strength and warmth of his body , allowing herself for a few luxurious moments the unaccustomed joy of feeling secure in his embrace . |
| 17 | A few muffled voices a short distance ahead appear to be cursing in French , then silence as the advance continues . |
| 18 | First half was pretty dull , just a lot of choppy midfield battling and a few neat touches every now and then . |
| 19 | After a few quick puffs the man turns and stubs out this cigarette too , three-quarters wasted . |
| 20 | For a few agonizing minutes the camera holds on her face as she experiences — she hardly seems to be enjoying — sexual attentions out of the range of the camera . |
| 21 | If this is making atrocities palatable for not a few concerned citizens the aftertaste is a bit too much . |
| 22 | The best way is to start with a few vegetarian meals a week and gradually increase the number . |
| 23 | But apart from a few minor lines the Wüppertal line remains the only substantial operations . |
| 24 | Its report was sent to my supervisors in February 1988 , and after a few minor changes the college 's final approval was received in May . |