Example sentences of "a few [noun] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And when a few moments later the telephone goes , and the gas man says that he wo n't after all be coming today to service the boiler , he gets his head bitten off ! |
| 2 | A few moments later the other followed . |
| 3 | A few moments later the two heroes were just specks under a cloud of dust , heading down towards the charcoal city . |
| 4 | Sarah watched for a few moments when the game began , then went off to look for her Nature treasures . |
| 5 | For a few moments more the warlock held his/her shape and Jaq almost despaired . |
| 6 | The talking went on for a few moments then the sudden , all too familiar , sound of a mortar bomb leaving the barrel . |
| 7 | Indeed they have suggested a few areas where the pattern recogniser seems quite weak . |
| 8 | A few hours later the verdict was in . |
| 9 | The sight of a photograph of a cancerous lung causes me to shrink with disgust from the very thought of smoking ; a few hours later the physical craving revives , obliterates the memory , and causes me to smoke again . |
| 10 | A few hours later the carrack was proceeding slowly up the narrow entrance to the Tagus between St Julian 's Fort and the sandbanks where the long Atlantic swell was making a dazzling white line of roaring surf . |
| 11 | A few hours later the family were driving back to Windsor . |
| 12 | ‘ Five bodies were found yesterday ( Wednesday ) , today another two and just a few hours ago the last body , ’ said a human rights officer . |
| 13 | Those who did marry all left the trade , except for a few cases where the husband was a serving soldier abroad during the war . |
| 14 | Well I only got a few responses so the rest of the votes I made up . |
| 15 | At the climax to the debate a few minutes ago the hon. Member for Cunninghame , South ( Mr. Lambie ) was addressing a single Labour Back Bencher . |
| 16 | A few minutes ago the hon. Member for Bristol , East ( Mr. Sayeed ) attacked my hon. Friend the Member for Bristol , South ( Ms. Primarolo ) for being absent from the Chamber for the statement . |
| 17 | Just a few minutes ago the ambulance carrying the two boys arrived at Stoke Mandeville . |
| 18 | A few minutes later the train arrived in Duisburg and we got out . |
| 19 | He goes on to remark that a few minutes later the same antlers could be in use with the animals full weight behind them as they slash and batter those of an opposing stag . |
| 20 | A few minutes later the elderly owner of ‘ Primrose Cottage ’ was on the phone . |
| 21 | A few minutes later the very same Mrs Fm turns up . |
| 22 | A few minutes later the rabbits had crossed the cart-track and vanished into the copse beyond . |
| 23 | A few minutes later the Doctor had reached the valley . |
| 24 | A few minutes later the ship saw us and turned . |
| 25 | A few minutes later the spaceship landed and I was home . |
| 26 | A few minutes later the spaceship was falling towards a planet covered with tall buildings . |
| 27 | To her surprise a few minutes later the taxi pulled up outside a fashion shop in one of the main city streets as the driver indicated she had reached her destination . |
| 28 | A few minutes later the lights went out . |
| 29 | A few minutes later the Deruta vase containing about half a kilo of assorted chocolates had been placed on the rear seat of the Volvo and he was sitting in the front watching Cinzia tear up the parking ticket which had been tucked under the windscreen wiper . |
| 30 | A few minutes later the company sergeant-major marched out of the tent to collect him . |