Example sentences of "a few [noun pl] as [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They fell silent for a few moments as they drank their tea . |
| 2 | 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 . ’ |
| 3 | The woman stared at him for a few moments as she mulled over his offer . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | She had never mentioned that she possessed musical ability , so the crew listened spellbound for a few minutes as she played the carol ‘ Silent Night , Holy Night ’ , as though she had been rehearsing for a month . |
| 6 | She 'd called him Sage , and she only stayed at my house for a few minutes as she had to get right back to see her new baby — the owl , of course . |
| 7 | The year went reasonably well but there were of course a few difficulties as you would expect from a new organisation . |
| 8 | He dropped a few matches as he fumbled disconsolately with his smoking equipment . |
| 9 | He climbed up the steps , pipe in mouth , grunted out a few words as he entered the attic and blew the lamp out , plunging them all into total darkness . |
| 10 | It 's as hard to do justice to the beauty of the Eternal City in a few words as it is to see everything in a few days . |
| 11 | The extremely well-britched U2 are about to incur a few expenses as it would appear that they have half-inched some of the NME 's STUART BAILIE 's bon-mots . |
| 12 | Okay , let's let's try and clarify a few points as we go along . |
| 13 | I went back to the Maggot 's foul house , where he kept his killer dog and astonishing collection of guns , and we sat on his makeshift verandah that overlooked a noxious and polluted creek and shared a few whiskies as he told me an incredibly tedious tale of how he had once sacked the quarterback of the San Francisco Sugar Plums . |
| 14 | He left after a few days as I said . |
| 15 | At the 13th , Woosnam was heckled and a cheer went up from a few spectators as he put his drive into the creek . |
| 16 | You must always include one Warlord , but apart from this you are free to choose as many or a few characters as you wish . |
| 17 | It was just a fantasy I nurtured for a few years as I puffed and panted my way through the ten-foots and alleyways of downtown Hull . |
| 18 | For a few seconds as they descended , he had an unimpeded view through a gap in the trees of the west front of the chapel . |
| 19 | Melissa watched for a few seconds as he worked , apparently impervious to the heat , then turned back to where the others were waiting . |
| 20 | ‘ We 'll know the number for sure in a few months as we get closer to completion ’ , he says . |
| 21 | We could vaguely make out a few buildings as we caught the bubble up to La Saulire , and then headed down into Courchevel . |