Example sentences of "few [noun pl] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just a few minutes ago the ambulance carrying the two boys arrived at Stoke Mandeville . |
| 2 | He could not explain why he ran or why he and David abandoned a car a few minutes later a mile from the town centre . |
| 3 | As I was struggling down the yard with the fully laden bucket a few minutes later a neighbour , Mrs Woods , saw me . |
| 4 | So I hung around and , sure enough , a few minutes later a squad car turned up all its lights flashing . |
| 5 | A few minutes later a car drew up , its brakes screeching in the best SS fashion . |
| 6 | But just a few minutes later a playgroup worker found the baby lying on the tiled floor next to the pushchair . |
| 7 | A few minutes later a youth with a shattered left knee-cap was wheeled on a low-slung ambulance trolley into the Cleansing Theatre . |
| 8 | A few minutes later the company sergeant-major marched out of the tent to collect him . |
| 9 | To her surprise a few minutes later the taxi pulled up outside a fashion shop in one of the main city streets as the driver indicated she had reached her destination . |
| 10 | A few minutes later the ship saw us and turned . |
| 11 | A few minutes later the Doctor had reached the valley . |
| 12 | A few minutes later the train arrived in Duisburg and we got out . |
| 13 | A few minutes later the spaceship landed and I was home . |
| 14 | A few minutes later the spaceship was falling towards a planet covered with tall buildings . |
| 15 | After a few minutes more the conversation was beginning to flag . |
| 16 | A recent view is that a postsynaptic kinase is activated transiently ( for less than a few minutes following the tetanus ) and a presynaptic kinase is activated for longer periods ( but for less than 1 hour ) . |
| 17 | A few minutes earlier a JetRanger helicopter had lifted-off from Blackpool bound for Ronaldsway . |
| 18 | A few hours later the carrack was proceeding slowly up the narrow entrance to the Tagus between St Julian 's Fort and the sandbanks where the long Atlantic swell was making a dazzling white line of roaring surf . |
| 19 | A few hours later the verdict was in . |
| 20 | A few hours later the family were driving back to Windsor . |
| 21 | She 'd only known him a few hours yet every cell of her body seemed sensitised to his presence . |
| 22 | A few months later a man living in Herne Bay in Kent found a live earthworm in his garden after a rainstorm . |
| 23 | A few months later a shuttle carried Jaq up to a great black ship circling in orbit . |
| 24 | Leave was refused at first instance and in the Court of Appeal , though a few months later a Practice Direction ( [ 1986 ] 2 All ER 226 ) was issued indicating the collective view of the judges that solicitors should be permitted to appear in the High Court or Court of Appeal in formal or unopposed proceedings . |
| 25 | I was n't therefore able to recommend this film when a few months later a woman from Nottingham requested a loan . |
| 26 | Despite denials from both parties , managing director Garry Hawkes FHCIMA withdrew his nomination for presidency of the HCIMA in order to concentrate on business , and a few months later the story circulating was that he had put together a management buyout package . |
| 27 | And a few months later the Prince asked me to marry him . |
| 28 | A few months later the IAC , inspired by Jack Buckner , suddenly produced a paper for all internationals to sign agreeing to be random tested at a moment 's notice , anywhere , any time . |
| 29 | A few months later the journal published an article covering similar ground . |
| 30 | Despite the high profile launch , just a few months later the audience of Eldorado was only 2.4 million people , ‘ fewer than Gardeners World , ’ as the Daily Express pointed out . |