Example sentences of "a few [noun pl] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Friends were able to find an alternative , but for a few moments Marilyn said she could not believe it was happening to her and looked about for the dreaded Jeremy Beadle . |
| 2 | After a few moments Troy got up and walked slowly from the tent . |
| 3 | After a few moments Sandison went on : ‘ Do you know them ? ’ |
| 4 | For a few moments Sandison allowed himself to take in the figure before him and he ignored what had been said . |
| 5 | Eleanor looked as if he had actually hit her , and for a few moments Jessamy found herself feeling sorry for her . |
| 6 | For a few moments Rune regarded her in silence , a slight smile playing round his strong mouth , then he asked softly , ‘ What happened to our truce ? ’ |
| 7 | For a few moments Morse sat where he was . |
| 8 | Sara began to explain , but after a few moments Jenny said impatiently , " Why do n't we walk down to Moorlake and then you can show me properly ? " |
| 9 | After a few moments Maidstone said : ‘ What 's your interest in her , anyway ? ’ |
| 10 | For a few moments Leith felt transfixed — there seemed to be a hint of kindness in his look . |
| 11 | After a few moments Cowslip said , " Look , do you see those jackdaws hanging round the carrots ? |
| 12 | After a few moments Milton remarked . |
| 13 | Mmm … only a few players Id like to see in the side to be honest . |
| 14 | In its full-page and horrendously expensive advertisements in the national press , and now ( the latest manifestation ) in a booklet with a cover that at only a few metres distance looks like gold-tooled morocco , it comes perilously close to transgressing those rules of the Advertising Standards Authority that ensure that all ads are honest , fair , accurate , unimpeachable and altogether above reproach . |
| 15 | At the weekends he can be anywhere within a few hours drive doing the job of a ‘ Sapper ’ the army 's word for a Military Engineer . |
| 16 | Intriguingly , in a few cases Raper found that the G and C cells became linked to the axon they would Follow just before the turn was made . |
| 17 | After a few minutes Rose handed the paper back to him . |
| 18 | As soon as the casing was in position at stage 2 , it was only a few minutes work to pull the cables through the casing and fix the capping . |
| 19 | In a few minutes Parry returned with an old newspaper . |
| 20 | After a few minutes Crabb returned to the jetty for some extra weights to overcome his buoyancy and , having fitted these to his satisfaction , set off for the Russian cruiser . |
| 21 | After a few minutes Woodruffe said : ‘ You 've got your foot on the brake , Dudley . ’ |
| 22 | For a few minutes Merrill heard the murmur of their voices , followed by the sound of Luke 's outer door closing . |
| 23 | It was the morning of Emilia Frere 's departure from the Hall and for a few minutes Louisa found herself alone with the Rector , who fingered the brim of his hat and beamed like the milky sun outside . |
| 24 | After a few minutes Jack groped for the bedside table . |
| 25 | After a few minutes Wednesday arrived with about ten boys , Mr Morraine and Matron . |
| 26 | After a few mouthfuls Edward put his knife and fork down and said , ‘ Oh — the lawyer rang . |
| 27 | In most FELs the electron beam consists of short bunches of electrons of a few picoseconds duration owing to bunching in the radiofrequency fields of the accelerator . |
| 28 | In a few words Travis had blocked her line of retreat . |
| 29 | Nevertheless one can hardly hope to discuss knowledge in a language any less metaphorical than Descartes ' ( I have myself a few paragraphs back analogized not only to seeing but to ‘ glimpsing ’ and being ‘ illuminated ’ by a ‘ flash ’ , not only to clarity but to drawing a ‘ clear line ’ ) . |
| 30 | After a few drinks Shildon had mentioned the work he was doing for Eliot . |