Example sentences of "a [det] [adj] [noun pl] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was still crying when I put on my boots and picked up my kitbag ; and after a few desperate embraces I burst out into the stars and the snow — the constellations of snow , the blizzard of stars . |
| 2 | Out of the short-wave receiver comes a scratchy-hum , and for a few bleary seconds I think it 's a radio station closed down for the night . |
| 3 | In a few hurried situations I forgot to switch on , and missed the picture opportunity while trying to figure out why the camera was n't working . |
| 4 | For a few horrible moments I thought the motor would n't fire , but after several pulls it caught , then I just hooked my overnight bag over one shoulder , took the tiller and made for the shore , which looked so close that I felt I could have swum across . ’ |
| 5 | I 've got a few little beauties I 'm going to flog to the idiots this morning . |
| 6 | In a few quick strides I was back at the bend , and was just in time to see a movement in the bushes on the lower side of the track . |
| 7 | Like all the other young men I had imagined that after a few brisk preliminaries I would be sitting in an aeroplane , learning to fly , but it turned out that this was so far in the future that it was hardly mentioned . |
| 8 | I slipped into the great four-poster bed , whispered a few French endearments I had learnt from a wench and set to with a will . |
| 9 | ‘ Naturally , I demand your written undertaking that the eighteen months ’ hard labour I have agreed to do here cancels out , fully and forever , the three and a half thousand pounds I owe you . ’ |
| 10 | Britain 's smallest house is for sale at one and a half thousand pounds I 'll buy it |