Example sentences of "a few [noun pl] [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a few moments her voice grew louder , and she started to shout at her mother . |
| 2 | Retirement migration is an important component , but except for a few areas its contribution to population growth has been smaller than that of other age groups , not just pre-retirement moves but also those of younger working age and their families ( Warnes and Law , 1984 ) . |
| 3 | In all but a few cases their treason had been petty , enlisting in the German ranks after being taken prisoner or something of that sort . |
| 4 | After a few minutes her voice began to grate on Dougal 's ears . |
| 5 | The cat , delighted that its ordeal was over , burrowed under the covers like a furry hot-water bottle , and although Mildred had only meant to sit and get warm , within a few minutes her eyelids began to droop , and before long she was fast asleep — so fast asleep that she did not hear the door opening very quietly . |
| 6 | ‘ For a few minutes our hearts were in our mouths . |
| 7 | Within a few minutes my body was one mass of bruises from head to toe . |
| 8 | So after it happened a few times our teacher said ‘ We wo n't have cooking like this any more . ’ |
| 9 | They themselves might suffer from the climate , but if they managed to survive and interbreed the chances are that in a few generations their offspring would have reverted to wild-type coats once again , as a result of the inevitable mixing that would occur among the stray cat colonies . |
| 10 | In Fontanellato , as in many other villages in Italy , there were professional embroiderers who made a living by embroidering sheets , tablecloths , and nightdresses for brides ' trousseaux , and also taught a few girls their skills for a small fee . |
| 11 | A cat , with her mouth full of seagull feathers , was feebly trying to climb up , but after a few feet her claws lost purchase and she slithered back by gradual stages to the deck . |
| 12 | So serene , in fact , that after we 'd had a meal at the bungalow and a few drinks my mother did something she 'd never done before . |
| 13 | ( OK , so I 'm guilty of psychic breaking and entering on a massive scale , and the occasional bit of arson , but I did deliver a few villains their come-uppances when nobody else could , and I once taught a woman how to fly … ) |
| 14 | After a few days my condition improved , the weather changed dramatically , and I made my way across the cultivated , fertile fields of Normandy . |
| 15 | Her father encouraged her desire to learn navigation and other aspects of seamanship , and after a few years her proficiency was obvious to everyone who sailed with her . |
| 16 | In a few years her shame , and she herself , would be forgotten . |
| 17 | Perhaps too the journey had reminded her of the dreadful certainty that within a few years her beauty would fade , and all these inflated hopes and fears had combined to produce a mood of abandon utterly foreign to her that had found its culmination in that jungle storm . |
| 18 | In a few years their needs were very different , the young one needed to be in bed and the older one wanted to play music with his friends . |
| 19 | Captain French died in 1854 and within a few years his wife was confined to a mental home . |
| 20 | He used to say that in a few years his uncle would retire ; then he would be in control . ’ |
| 21 | Bourdieu 's articles on markets preceded by a few years his pieces on ‘ fields ’ . |
| 22 | But after a few weeks my girlfriend 's dad got a phone call from the old couple we 'd painted the house for , they wanted to get in the coal shed and could n't because I 'd painted over the lock . |
| 23 | At first I was too busy to see any change in myself , but one morning after a few weeks our flight was coming to the end of a five-mile run . |
| 24 | But the marriage plan for Matilda was now dead , and within a few months her father was killed in a border skirmish , and we hear no more of her for the next seven years . |
| 25 | Within a few months his position came under threat from a new direction . |
| 26 | The ground was soft and spongy and in only a few paces her canvas shoes were soaked . |