Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun pl] [adv] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few moments later Rincewind smelled bacon frying . |
| 2 | A few moments later Marie and Richard 's nursemaid appeared , panting as much with distress as exertion , with Aunt Rose , her old-fashioned roll of black hair half unpinned , behind them . |
| 3 | A few moments later Merrill heard his car start , then roar away into the night . |
| 4 | " Fetch him in ! " she ordered , and a few moments later Tristram , gagged and hand-tied , was brought into the great hall . |
| 5 | A few moments later Leonora rejoined Penry , who was prowling around the central bookstall impatiently , looking at his watch . |
| 6 | There was a pause , Riven trying to remember Minginish 's geography , but a few moments later Luib put him back to work . |
| 7 | For a few moments more Theodora continued to enjoy the spectacle of gulls and swallows swooping and idling on the warm air . |
| 8 | They walked in silence for a few moments then Chris said , ‘ Maureen thinks I should hate Beryl . |
| 9 | A few hours later BJP leaders in New Delhi informed President Ramaswamy Venkataraman that the party 's 88 MPs were withdrawing their crucial " external " support for Singh 's government . |
| 10 | But just a few hours later Coca-Cola issued this statement : |
| 11 | A few hours later Benjamin shook me awake . |
| 12 | ’ But the funniest thing of all , really , was that until just a few hours ago Eddy had been , and now he was not . |
| 13 | A few hours earlier Mrs Valerie Williams was robbed of her firm 's wages on a quite road in South Wales when masked men overtook her in this stolen car and forced her to stop and then rammed her vehicle from behind with another car . |
| 14 | Innovating new products , developing existing ones and a progressive programme of improving quality and services — they 're just a few reasons why Veka , and the people who choose Veka , will never stand still . |
| 15 | Just a few minutes ago Lou Macari left the court buildings with his wife Dale , and his solicitor Stephen Pollard , who made this statement . |
| 16 | Led by Major Ronnie Tod , 30 men went ashore and had hardly been gone a few minutes when Dudley Clarke and the commander saw the dark outline of a boat coming in from the sea . |
| 17 | For a few minutes longer Isabel tried to sort out hard facts from vague suspicions , with little success . |
| 18 | ‘ That 's what we planned , ’ she agreed , and a few minutes later Cicely was talking of leaving for the hospital in half an hour . |
| 19 | A few minutes later Nathan jumped down into the cockpit once more and hauled out the roller-reefed headsail . |
| 20 | A few minutes later Romany pulled off the tarpaulin . |
| 21 | A few minutes later Branco sent a typically fiendish Brazilian free-kick dipping and swerving past the wall and Van Breukelen , who rarely encountered anything like this in his Nottingham Forest days , punched the ball clear without knowing much about it . |
| 22 | A few minutes later Chantal gunned the monstrous Harley Davidson out of the apartment block courtyard , with D'Arcy astride the pillion . |
| 23 | A few minutes later Sophie placed the tray on the low table beside Joanna and began to discuss the news of Helen 's engagement , but Joanna showed very little interest . |
| 24 | A few minutes later Agnes was hurrying across the yard with the fresh linen in her arms , making for the house at the end of the square , when a man passing along the pavement glanced at her , then stopped and , raising his hat , said , ‘ Good afternoon , ’ and stepped towards her . |
| 25 | A few minutes later Ben won his , assisted by a 3.11 m.p.s. wind . |
| 26 | He turned to talk to me , but a few minutes later Ben was arguing about another of Will 's plays . |
| 27 | A few minutes later Murray turned into the Sports Centre and Richard continued towards the House in merciful solitude . |
| 28 | When the temperature cooled down a few minutes later Gallacher headed to the referee 's dressing room to apologise . |
| 29 | A few minutes later Marcus was sitting in the bathroom before a washbasin ( the water was hot ) with a towel over his chest and his face covered with shaving cream . |
| 30 | A few minutes later Luch drifted in from the castle . |