Example sentences of "a few [noun pl] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | A few lumps of stone ; a matching shepherd and shepherdess plucked from Arcady , an old and battered sundial and a leaded glass cloche . |
2 | But the assumption that all morality means sexual morality is too widespread to go down without a few squawks of protest . |
3 | Spike knew that he was within a few moments of termination . |
4 | This thought , too , caused him a few moments of depression before it was drowned by feelings of tranquil pleasure . |
5 | Within a few moments of Dr McNab 's saline injections Dr Dunstaple had begun to revive . |
6 | After a few moments of thought , a child replies , " We collect it from bees . " |
7 | ‘ No , all I 'm asking you for is a few moments of Master Lorimer 's time . |
8 | For Gloucester jockey Peter Scudamore a few moments of solitude and silence . |
9 | Is the price we pay for a few moments of Mills and Boon romance too high , leaving an aftermath of bitterness , boredom and let-down ? |
10 | I had a few moments of fury , a fury compounded of shame at my own stupidity , the triteness of the situation , the thought of my cottage and supper and the cosy fireside . |
11 | Now and again there were diversions , when one or another of the remaining five would hold the stage and would have a few moments of limelight , or glory . |
12 | Trains had been laid on to despatch them to all parts of the country , so that for the rest of their lives they would be able to recall a few moments of honour , even glory . |
13 | So she 'd be able to have a few moments of peace and quiet in which to interview the woman . |
14 | Manville asked , after a few moments of silence . |
15 | After a few moments of silence there was a series of sharp raps on the door , and a voice called out , asking if anyone was inside . |
16 | After a few moments of silence he pressed the button of an integral cassette-player beneath the dashboard and she was delighted to hear the opening bars of Mendelssohn 's Third Symphony . |
17 | After a few moments of pandemonium , Shamir thanked the delegates for their show of confidence , declared the convention closed and walked out of the hall , followed by most of his Cabinet colleagues . |
18 | If she could get to Bart 's before the day staff had begun their routine , she might be allowed a few moments with Amy . |
19 | I spent a few moments in thought . |
20 | Once or twice , when Harry and Fleury had had to leave her to her own devices for a few moments in order to fight off the sepoys , she had become very upset and had made little attempt to conceal the fact . |
21 | Now that Elizabeth had exhausted the topic of Martha , they sat for a few moments in silence , one each side of the fire with a cup of tea . |
22 | But they reached the shore a few moments before Lucenzo . |
23 | A few moments before sundown I extricated Wavebreaker 's folding bicycle from the big locker on the boat 's after swim-platform , forced the rusting hinges open , then pedalled along Midshipman Road to the glittering block of apartments where our esteemed boss lived . |
24 | The Donora episode , together with smogs in London in 1952 ( causing 4000 deaths ) and New York City in 1953 ( resulting in 200 deaths ; Greenburg et al. , 1962 ) , stimulated plans for a national air pollution conference and the introduction of a few bills in Congress ( none of them passed ) . |
25 | Significantly , there are a few areas of overlap , which will allow very effective dovetailing between our operations . |
26 | There were a few areas of life where he had not been involved — his interests ranged from Stockport Infirmary to the Territorial Army , Stockport Lads ' Club to the Boy Scouts , the Trustee Savings Bank to the NSPCC . |
27 | Many of the upland landscapes today are like patch-work quilts of forest and open moorland , with a few areas of upland bogs preserved for their rare , wild , moorland plants . |
28 | Surgical exploration confirmed pancreatitis with peritoneal petechiae and a few areas of cytosteatonecrosis . |
29 | I went up to the 1970 Open at St Andrews on spec with a few players in mind but no firm bag . |
30 | He 's doing quite a few weekends on duty , to earn a bit of money . |