Example sentences of "a few [noun pl] [adv] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The harvest I had seen gathered a few kilometres away was back on the stalk . |
| 2 | Well that was the question that Mr asked you a few minutes ago was n't it , er Mr ? |
| 3 | After all the ditches I 'd waded through I was n't going to be defeated now — and only a few yards ahead was the blessed sea . |
| 4 | The firehouse , a few yards away was intact , its crew away that day at a firefighting clinic . |
| 5 | A few yards away was a half-raised wall . |
| 6 | Just a few yards away were dunes spiked with palms . |
| 7 | Well that was kept by fella called and they could get the beer off-licence , although it was n't , it was n't so far to the Old Naked Inn and then there was a pub on the corner of , I ca n't remember the name of that because they 've opened it too young to remember pubs in them days but er , apart from the off-licence there was no actual public inn on Street , there was off-licence , as I say just a few yards down was the Old Naked Inn and there was a pub on the top of just on the side of . |
| 8 | Their argument a few days ago was still hovering at the back of her mind , still had the power , in fact , to make her cringe with shame , and it lent an edge of petulance to all her answers to his questions . |
| 9 | ‘ The one which detonated at Lisnaskea in my constituency just a few days ago was one of many stolen in Dublin a few days previously , ’ said Mr Maginnis . |
| 10 | Here Blake left them , identified himself to the surprised border guards and a few days later was flown to Mosow for a triumphant reunion with the KGB . |
| 11 | John Coleridge , ‘ an Israelite without guile ’ , had probably died of a massive stroke , and a few days later was buried on the north side of the altar in the church he had served for twenty-one years . |
| 12 | Who spent 17 months on the sidelines , scored within 10 minutes of his comeback then a few days later was sidelined again ? |
| 13 | Losing most of the All Black team a few days later was even more embarrassing . |
| 14 | Pages that had seemed worthless a few days before were now pored over , in the hope that they 'd yield some clue , encoded in the fanciful excesses of Chant 's idiosyncratic and ill-punctuated prose , that would lead him to some fresh comprehension of the times and their movers . |
| 15 | On the other hand , there are certainly some Conservatives I could not bring myself to vote for — such as Mr Jack Aspinwall in my neighbouring seat of Wansdyke , who a few years ago was one of an all-party group of MPs who spoke far too warmly about the Ceausescu regime on a visit to Romania , and who lists as his only publication Kindly Sit Down ! , a collection of ‘ after-dinner stories from both Houses of Parliament ’ . |
| 16 | The media commentator Michael Leapman , writing in the Independent on Sunday , observed that ‘ she has not usually done well in other roles … her Panorama programme on TV violence a few years ago was not judged a critical success . ’ |
| 17 | Presenting art that reflects or comments on news events or , more broadly , on history , seems to be the new orientation of the Whitney Museum , which only a few years ago was more likely to devote Biennial space to the rising stars of New York 's booming gallery scene . |
| 18 | And the finding of the suit a few years ago was the start of the hunt that they now have every year , ’ she explained matter-of-factly as though it were the most usual thing in the world . |
| 19 | The Mexico–Australia , Paraguay–USA , and Paraguay–France matches a few years ago were other notorious examples . |
| 20 | You might find architects who a few years ago were working on major projects , but are now making a living from loft extensions . ’ |
| 21 | Well there 's a thing going round a few years ago were n't there with these models , just pay for them to go out there |
| 22 | The priceless trophy was lodged in the vault of a local bank for safe-keeping , a few years later was handed over to Kelvingrove Museum , Glasgow , and finally was given to The Royal Company of Archers . |
| 23 | The following song was broadcast on the radio and was on sale in the record shops , yet the wearing of miniskirts a few years later was denounced as improper and an example of western sexual decadence and permissiveness ! |
| 24 | In 1951 , for example , the Boards had been asked by the Minister to cut their spending on rural electrification , and most did so ; the South Western Board , by contrast , pressed on and a few years later were praised by the same Minister for pursuing this uneconomic development . |
| 25 | Only a few miles upstream was the Dal Cataract . |
| 26 | Cottle was interested and a few weeks later was invited to London where he was offered a job in the Foreign office , doing something , somewhere . |
| 27 | ( Recent events have sadly shown that they were not radical enough ; 's regret a few weeks ago was that he was not still in charge . ) |
| 28 | Laura , who until a few weeks ago was unable to eat solid food because of her liver and bowel condition , added : ‘ I had Frosties for my breakfast . ’ |
| 29 | One startling apparition a few seats away was masked , and got up like a Chinese mandarin , with clacking claws for hands emerging from generous silk sleeves . |
| 30 | Now he found a young man from a few doors away was home on leave from the Royal Engineers and spent some of his leave with him and some visiting relations , as men on leave were expected to do . |