Example sentences of "a few [noun pl] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know we 've argued all these years and I 've been irritable , if not downright rude , but … but … ’ and Creggan was astonished to see that this fiercest of eagles was suddenly close to a profound grief and for a few moments quite unable to say anything more . |
| 2 | The first time he had driven the van to Stowbridge he had smashed its top to pieces against the arch of the bridge , not realising it was just a few inches too high to go under . |
| 3 | A few hours later famed attorney to the stars Jerry Geisler was called in to defend Mitchum and warned him to say nothing more . |
| 4 | Just a few hours earlier British troops had been sent on to the streets of Northern Ireland . |
| 5 | So then I spent a few hours quietly relaxing , until finally Posi reached the rendezvous point , reduced speed and gave the ’ spacecraft sighted ’ warning . |
| 6 | A diary based development and reporting approach was used in a few cases where close contact with the project team was feasible . |
| 7 | There have also been a few cases where junior members have successfully challenged senior colleagues in contests for sub committee chairmanships . |
| 8 | He had acted in accordance with the Punjab creed , but with too much enthusiasm and a few decades too late . |
| 9 | The crew now wanted to abandon ship , and a few minutes later red flares were seen dead ahead . |
| 10 | A few Europeans even cherished federal dreams . |
| 11 | Mayhew describes a spectrum of these , some quite appalling , with 6 or 7 to a single verminous bed , a few others almost home-like . |
| 12 | And by low temperatures I do n't just mean a few degrees below freezing , but the world close to what scientists call ‘ absolute zero ’ . |
| 13 | These are just a few examples where public expenditure in the social services has direct implications for a number of private enterprises and , through them , for the entire national economy . |
| 14 | The liquid is now officially called beer but it needs a few days further conditioning in the brewery , to purge some of the rough alcohols , before it is ready to leave for the pub . |
| 15 | Watch out for Val Piriou , a young French designer who came to England just a few years ago unable to speak English . |
| 16 | Who would have thought , with all this talk of millions to be made by gene juggling , that just a few years ago genetic engineering was considered to be so dangerous that one small accident could unleash upon the world a virulent plague that would make the black death look like an outbreak of summer flu ? |
| 17 | It is a great deal more professional than it was a few years ago comparable with the standards of other types of consultancies and partnership firms , and is attracting an altogether higher quality of person than was previously the case . |
| 18 | A few years too late . |
| 19 | Only a few miles away other actors in the macabre drama surrounding Lady Eleanor 's death were taking up new roles and stances . |
| 20 | All our bookshops continued to sell ‘ The Satanic Verses ’ and , with only a few exceptions where serious threats had been made , the book was always on display . |
| 21 | She awoke with a jerk some time later , and lay staring blankly around her , for a few seconds quite unable to get her bearings . |
| 22 | He had come down from Oxford a few months ago obsessed with the idea of social service . |
| 23 | A few months later Parliamentary troops sacked the manor house and church , lighting a great fire with the wreckage . |
| 24 | Woods seems to assume in the passage cited above that there are only a few regions where high quality accidental word matches take place . |