Example sentences of "a few [noun] [subord] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nigel felt they were close for a few moments before the customary iciness set in . |
| 2 | Innumerable country spires turn bronze amid newly ploughed fields of copper , just for a few moments before the ball disappears . |
| 3 | He waited a few moments until the footsteps were directly below him and peeked over the edge . |
| 4 | They would have the fire brigade round in a few moments if the external noise had been as loud as the internal one . |
| 5 | In the water I found only a few coins because the beach dropped off quite steeply into the water , making it difficult to detect . |
| 6 | As it was , I was lucky to get away with a few bruises if the person who slugged me was the one who knocked off Mahoney . |
| 7 | It was only a matter of a few hours before the stranger had been slotted into the local kinship network ; and the recognition of kinship was mutual . |
| 8 | Current holder of the European title , Griffin was only passed fit to box by the championship doctor a few hours before the action got under way . |
| 9 | A spokesman for the ICPC said the investigation into the death started early on Sunday morning , a few hours after the body of Gerald Maginn was found . |
| 10 | The first real indication of the mood of the new House came on Wednesday , 3 June 1992 , the day after the Danish ‘ no ’ vote and a few hours after the prime minister had told Parliament that he intended nevertheless to press ahead with the bill ratifying the Maastricht Treaty . |
| 11 | FOUR of the five gunmen who had been occupying the Nicaraguan embassy in San Jose , Costa Rica , for nearly two weeks left the country yesterday a few hours after the siege had ended peacefully . |
| 12 | But Springbok officials and security officers at the club gave a different version of the incident which occurred just a few hours after the team had arrived . |
| 13 | I ad-libbed for a few minutes while the re-take was set up and they warmed to me , which boosted my confidence and gave me the edge . |
| 14 | Dip this end into hormone rooting powder while it is still moist from the cut so that some powder adheres , shake or tap off the surplus and lay it aside for a few minutes while the others are being prepared . |
| 15 | The last I saw of Angy was a few minutes after the class ended . |
| 16 | Charlie felt seasick only a few minutes after the English coast was out of sight . |
| 17 | A second limitation is that the duration of the effect with standard doses is confined to only a few minutes before the drug diffuses around the circle of Willis and into the opposite hemisphere . |
| 18 | It was a matter of only a few minutes before the rebels reached the President 's quarters , and stopped to await General Bobo , who had made clear his intention to take over personally . |
| 19 | As it was only a few minutes before the shop closed , he forbore to detail the checkout girl with his usual badinage about the finer points of philosophy or astrophysics . |
| 20 | It was very simple , efficient , and reliable in operation , with the minor disadvantage that the vaporizer required preheating for a few minutes before the engine could be started ; when running , it retained sufficient heat to ignite the injected fuel . |
| 21 | Despite being normally mesmerised by the subject of the early Renaissance artists , on this occasion I was grateful to see the professor stacking up his papers a few minutes before the lecture was scheduled to end . |
| 22 | Simmer for a few minutes until the sauce is thickened . |
| 23 | ‘ If it 's all right by you , I 'll wait a few minutes until the storm subsides , ’ Vitor said , as thunder boomed again . |
| 24 | It is the unique experience of rail travellers on the Gotthard to glimpse the same , unmistakable baroque-domed village church three times in a few minutes as the train passes it at different levels above and below . |
| 25 | I remember the days of the old motorbike test , when you just rode around the block a few times while the examiner walked to various points and watched you . |
| 26 | Answer : A few cents for the new bulb plus — the odd tree killed by acid rain ; a small rise in global temperatures from carbon dioxide emissions ; a proportion of the ecological disasters caused by marine oil spillages ; and the occasional nuclear accident . |
| 27 | But if we wait patiently for a few picoseconds until the charges rearrange themselves there will be no further motion and the problem belongs to the realm of electrostatics . |
| 28 | Even more tragically for the vicar is the fact that for many unchurched families he is simply a cog–in the death machine ; an impersonal professional who has to mumble a few words before the curtains swish and the coffin descends to the fires below . |
| 29 | The tone controls really are sensitive and , being used to the somewhat reluctant EQ on my own amplifier , I found that I only had to move the X-Amp 's a few degrees before the sound began to change radically . |
| 30 | She then went to Victoria Station and bought a return ticket to Epsom , where she took up a position in the pressing crowd on the inside rails at Tattenham Corner , a few yards before the runners reach the straight . |