Example sentences of "a few [noun pl] [subord] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They took breath for a few moments before they emerged , after the third volley , to finish what they had begun , the Welsh swordsmen boiling out of the bushes joyously on their heels . |
| 2 | ‘ I still ca n't work out how they got away with it because I 'd only left it outside the tent for a few moments before it vanished . |
| 3 | She thought carefully for a few moments before she said , ‘ Silas — are n't you being unreasonable and somewhat unfair to both yourself and to Doreen ? ’ |
| 4 | A few moments before he died he rubbed his cheek against our hands desperate for our touch , like a kitten or a very young baby ; in the next he was once again the brave young fighter pilot , and , in a curiously jaunty gesture he put his thumbs up , as though telling control tower he was ready now for take off . |
| 5 | He sat in the driver 's seat to get the feel for a few moments before he started it up . |
| 6 | A bystander at his creation , or rather arriving a few moments after it , would feel justified in assuming that Adam had had a mother , been born and brought up in the usual way , and was in every way like us ; but he would be wrong . |
| 7 | Patrick awoke briefly during the night and lay awake , confused and troubled for a few moments until he realized where he was . |
| 8 | They fell silent for a few moments as they drank their tea . |
| 9 | We should be all right for a few moments as it is deeper water ; we can then make for the beach , hopefully avoiding the big dumping surf . ’ |
| 10 | The woman stared at him for a few moments as she mulled over his offer . |
| 11 | He lay on his back for a few moments as he always did , then turned onto his right side , arranging himself as if for sleep . |
| 12 | She thought they had started from different points , although she had wanted to marry him after only a few meetings because he ‘ felt good to be with ’ . |
| 13 | She turned to march away but got only a few inches before she was hauled back . |
| 14 | No I 'm not : first I 'm going to wander round Bristol and try and get myself a job , then I 'm going to persuade the manager to give me an advance of a few pounds so I can get myself something to eat and find somewhere to stay . |
| 15 | So can losing a few pounds if you are overweight . |
| 16 | It seemed impossible that only a few hours before I had been happy in my cell at the aerodrome . |
| 17 | He called on me at the apartment a few hours before I left for the airport . |
| 18 | It would be a few hours before she could face Marguerite , and no doubt the girl , Marie , would be very quick to tell Alain 's mother that she had seen the Englishwoman wandering into the woods like a lunatic . |
| 19 | Mr Mekgwe was reportedly last seen in the company of three ANC men a few hours before he was due to give evidence . |
| 20 | It 's a few hours before he 's due onstage at the Tower Theater in Houston and Mister C is telling me , in a roundabout way , what his name stands for . |
| 21 | ELVIS PRESLEY 'S last letter , written a few hours before he died , was to an elderly woman he looked on almost as a mother . |
| 22 | Newman recalled briefly his experience at The Nag 's Head a few hours before he ended up in hospital . |
| 23 | And in the mid-afternoon , only a few hours after they had arrived back at the apartment , an urgent message had come through for Ross by fax . |
| 24 | Merseyside police have revealed that they probably killed James a few hours after they took him from the Strand shopping centre in Bootle . |
| 25 | She could not have come at a worse time ; a few hours after she arrived , she was a helpless burning hulk , with most of her passengers and crew dead . |
| 26 | Unfortunately , there is no certain way of knowing of food is dangerous … until a few hours after it is eaten . |
| 27 | It was Ginger who would find him slumped in his bathroom just a few hours after he wrote the letter . |
| 28 | Victor Frankenstein died a few hours after he had written his last word . |
| 29 | In the early evening of 25 August 1944 , a few hours after he had arrived in liberated Paris , de Gaulle stood at a window of the Hôtel de Ville and acknowledged the cheers of thousands of Parisians gathered down below . |
| 30 | Police believe he died a few hours after he was abducted . |