Example sentences of "and a few [noun pl] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And a few lines later we read : ‘ A master who turns out his ass or his dog because the animal can no longer earn its keep manifests a small mind ’ ( 1963 : 240 ) . |
| 2 | and a few lines later : ‘ It does not follow that she would not have signed the charge if those representations had not been made . ’ |
| 3 | It must have been about fifteen to twenty feet deep and a few feet across . |
| 4 | The Labour Party , the Communists , most Liberals and a few Conservatives actively worked for the Republic , while many more Conservatives , many Catholics and the BUF supported Franco . |
| 5 | ‘ And a few generations later , ’ Haverford went jotting on , ‘ she must have turned up as Susanna in Figaro . |
| 6 | ‘ We 're nearly there , ’ he said soothingly , and a few moments later he escorted her through the elaborate palm Court which was the entrance to the Royal Hotel . |
| 7 | " Fetch him in ! " she ordered , and a few moments later Tristram , gagged and hand-tied , was brought into the great hall . |
| 8 | She did n't turn round : she expected Ace to follow , and a few moments later she heard running footsteps behind her . |
| 9 | And a few moments later she was shown into the office she remembered from before . |
| 10 | ‘ Let's go into the garden , ’ he said tersely , and a few moments later they were gliding along the path that wound down to the river 's edge , their way lit by a bright moon that stretched a blue path towards them across the water . |
| 11 | Their discovery helped overthrow the medieval concept of the Solar System and a few decades later , by a method that I shall not describe , observations of Io led to the first determination of the speed of light , which until then was thought by many philosophers to be infinite . |
| 12 | He had acted in accordance with the Punjab creed , but with too much enthusiasm and a few decades too late . |
| 13 | He had , however , an appointment to keep , and a few minutes later I had the table to myself . |
| 14 | At about 7.45 ( ship time ) , they heard a major explosion and a few minutes later a searing hot blast of gas roared over St Pierre and the ships lying off shore , capsizing the steam ship Grappler , and rolling the Roraima so severely that she lost all her masts and smokestacks . |
| 15 | USA hooker Tony Flay had to be replaced following an ugly facial cut and a few minutes later replacement hooker Pat Johnson had his nose broken by a punch . |
| 16 | Ruth thanked him for his information and a few minutes later he raised his hat and walked away . |
| 17 | He went straight up the stairs and a few minutes later came down carrying a parcel of his things . |
| 18 | The crew now wanted to abandon ship , and a few minutes later red flares were seen dead ahead . |
| 19 | Puzzled , the girl went off , and a few minutes later a grey haired woman in black entered the cubicle . |
| 20 | Farmer Nash was n't at the market , and a few minutes later we saw his angry red face above the wall on the far side of the field . |
| 21 | A secretary showed me into an ornately furnished drawing room and a few minutes later Sir George came in . |
| 22 | He slipped off his white coat and a few minutes later he hurried from the centre . |
| 23 | Rachel found herself following him into the social club and a few minutes later when they were both seated with their drinks in the same window-seat where they had sat before she said , ‘ So what 's your connection with Conway House ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ That 's what we planned , ’ she agreed , and a few minutes later Cicely was talking of leaving for the hospital in half an hour . |
| 25 | Mrs Hobden went into the kitchen , and a few minutes later she came through the doorway carrying a tray . |
| 26 | Paul Reece stopped this one from Gray and a few minutes later , he prevented Goodman getting his second and Sunderland 's third . |
| 27 | Yeah , that 's , that 's when it 's hard she asks you the same thing again and again and a few minutes later , then half an hour later , then , then you think have you listened |
| 28 | Ambulance to Raigmore Hospital , Inverness and a few hours later I was talking to the consultant . |
| 29 | But he missed the flight by minutes , and a few hours later his father died . |
| 30 | They found swimming normally impossible and a few hours later they died . |