Example sentences of "a few [noun pl] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I must admit , we joined them a few moments later for a well-earned cuppa after our day 's exertions . |
| 2 | A few moments later as Rachel released the cuff from Jack Rogers ' arm after noting a reading of a hundred and seventy over ninety , she said , ‘ I 'm going to ask our doctor to have a look at you , Jack . ’ |
| 3 | He returned a few moments later with the dish , and the little hedgehog could hardly believe her eyes : the gigantic dish was overflowing with dog food . |
| 4 | One night , he recalls , he sat alone in the Commons library when David Owen passed by and returned a few moments later with David Marquand . |
| 5 | As I settled down in the straw-filled barn that I had left a few moments ago in search of food , I looked around at the now sleeping Frenchman , stretched out in the straw . |
| 6 | The ideas are limitless and it is up to you to spare a few moments when on holiday to notice what is growing around you and press some interesting pieces that you will be able to use on your return . |
| 7 | Melissa found its clean , uncluttered lines at once calming and uplifting , and she stood for a few moments just inside the door , absorbing the tranquil atmosphere . |
| 8 | I suggest that a few moments here on deck will suffice . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Wait but a few moments here for me , ’ she said more gently , ‘ for I must make my farewell to the Lady Percy , who has been more than kind to me . ’ |
| 10 | After a few moments more of this platitudinous chat we bowed and went our ways . |
| 11 | On tour : security agents and officials shadow Secretary of State Warren Christopher as he takes a few moments off from his talks in Cairo yesterday to pay a visit to the Sphinx |
| 12 | ‘ He only got his chance because we had a few players out with flu . |
| 13 | Anything that kept her from running into Nicolo Sabatini was absolutely fine , which was why she had been delighted a few mornings later at the breakfast-table when he 'd told her he would be away for a few days . |
| 14 | The demonstrators stopped their march , a few metres away from a police line deployed in the temple 's front square . |
| 15 | A beam flashed across the runway only a few metres away from the shuttle 's nose . |
| 16 | He sensed Rodo 's presence a few metres ahead of him . |
| 17 | The importance of getting a good start now becomes obvious , since if you fall only a few metres behind in the first minute after the start you fall into everyone else 's dirty wind and drop even further back . |
| 18 | We hope that as your Medau News — with its views , information and diary of events — comes through your letter box this September , you will agree that by receiving it by direct mail is a better system than sharing a few copies round from class member to class member . |
| 19 | The end of the bedstead was only a few inches away from the drawers , but in her new tiny condition it appeared to be miles . |
| 20 | Two huge human feet were a few inches away from them . |
| 21 | Over the first four days it was all I could do to get Dawn to step off the perch I 'd set up in the field , with my glove just a few inches away from her . |
| 22 | It baffled her as to why she should feel a tingle in her veins just because Piers Morrison was lying only a few inches away from her . |
| 23 | Corbett leaned over , putting his hands on the arms of the chair , his face a few inches away from de Craon 's . |
| 24 | We were n't allowed to have a we were n't allowed to have a cup of tea in break time no but er we were all on edge you know for fear , if he kicked it it would have scalded his foot and he were , he were only a few inches away from it , and of course he went now what we used to say now nosing around and we should n't have done he had a job to get round because he was |
| 25 | By a supreme effort I managed to feed a few inches back into the vaginal opening but as soon as I relaxed it popped quietly out again . |
| 26 | Then a few soldiers up at the goods store fired into their own men . ’ |
| 27 | and it was interesting to note a few groups apparently in their infancy , not all of which were in the larger authorities : |
| 28 | And the £24,000 motor did n't look so new when it was found scratched a few hours later in Gateshead , Tyne and Wear . |
| 29 | When the girl 's parents denied the engagement , the boy was beaten unconscious and died a few hours later in hospital . |
| 30 | She was followed just a few hours later by Pole who , like Wolsey before him , had remained to the end torn between his allegiance to his monarch and his obedience to his spiritual lord . |