Example sentences of "a few [noun pl] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her mouth opened and after a few moments a strange ululation sounded , a despairing cry , a death cry . |
| 2 | In a few areas a detailed election manifesto has been adopted at the first meeting of a newly elected council as a basis for council policies ( Fudge 1981 ) . |
| 3 | After a few hours a rustling noise nearly shocked me off my boulder . |
| 4 | He dialled and after a few rings a female voice answered . |
| 5 | After a few minutes a young woman came out of the street door below them and walked away . |
| 6 | After a few minutes a little flame blossomed at the far corner . |
| 7 | Within a few days a new Meghalaya United Parliamentary Party government was sworn in , headed by B. B. Lyngdoh . |
| 8 | Thus in a few years a mere convenience for keyboard players had developed into a widely adopted performing practice which revolutionized musical textures and was to remain in use for two centuries . |
| 9 | For a few years a lean-to building stood against the remaining old wall which sheltered the homeless and I have spoken to one old inhabitant of Halling who remembers coming to the village as a young child and whose parents , being unable to afford other accommodation , sheltered there . |
| 10 | Within a few years a temporary revival was on the way , however , and William Titford , grandson of William the Emigrant , was achieving a fair degree of success as a partner in the silk-manufacturing business of Cotes , Titford and Brookes , then operating in Union Street , Bishopsgate . |
| 11 | so it meant that for some time before contingency fund development was introduced you must of had some concerns er about the accuracy of the figures you were putting forward for the publication , can , can I explain that a little more ? if after a few years a major repair needs to be carried out there was no contingency fund , it might mean sticking another two or three hundred pounds a year on the service charges , might it not , to cover a major repair |
| 12 | The instructions therein were religiously followed and within a few weeks a recognisable fuselage could be sat in for some ‘ hangar flying ’ . |
| 13 | For a few seconds a bemused-looking Morse appeared slightly more concerned with the criticism of his diction than with the prosecution of his case , and it was Downes who continued : |