Example sentences of "was [verb] a few [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ All that remained was to kill a few hours in town , so I went to visit an old friend . |
| 2 | Returned ‘ without any seeking or soliciting ’ on his part to Richard Cromwell 's Parliament in 1659 for Castle Rising , again on a double return , he was allowed to sit but was inactive until the election was overturned a few days before the dissolution in April . |
| 3 | This preparatory work was practically complete at the outbreak of war and authority was given a few days before for completion . |
| 4 | Later , along with two other historians who had , like me , secured entry to Oxford or Cambridge , I was given a few science tutorials in my last term at school . |
| 5 | the county keeper was shaken a few times but not often stirred |
| 6 | After all , he 's only been experiencing the outside world since his vaccination course was completed a few weeks ago . |
| 7 | It was completed a few months after its companion piece ( the G major Quartet Op. 106 and subsequently the composer devoted himself to programmatic tone poems and operas . |
| 8 | Choosing to turn a blind eye to the unlikely drama that was unfolding a few feet in front of her , she merely expressed her gratitude for the imitation topaz bangle that she 'd just unwrapped , before turning on her heels and heading downstairs to catch the special seasonal episode of Crossroads . |
| 9 | I might enjoy sampling what I was touching a few minutes ago . ’ |
| 10 | The strike was averted a few days before the scheduled date , after Confindustria , yielding to pressure from the government as well as from the unions , agreed to resume pay negotiations in the sectors concerned , and from June 1 , 1991 , to enter into negotiations on a new wage bargaining and indexation system . |
| 11 | Her car was parked a few yards away from the building . |
| 12 | Andrew Fowler was caught a few days later when police discovered the caravan at the girl 's former home . |
| 13 | The state of emergency was lifted a few days later after pollution levels had fallen . |
| 14 | ‘ Put it this way , I was approached a few months ago by a couple of guys in one of my clubs who said that they wanted to see the gaffer . |
| 15 | Recently my own son was attacked a few yards from Princes Street . |
| 16 | He was ambushed a few hours later and shot dead . |
| 17 | Her question was answered a few minutes later when Matthew himself came outside and saw her at the window . |
| 18 | On the death of his wife Lambarde feared he might lose the right to stay at Halling and petitioned a request to Lord Burghley through his friend Lord Cobham , to ask for custody of Maximilian and a lease to the Palace , which was granted a few days later . |
| 19 | One was seen a few miles off Newhaven on 21 September 1936 ; one flew east off Langney Point on 15 October 1948 ; One flew east off Langney Point on 19 November 1950 . |
| 20 | During such a study , a serendipitous observation was made a few years ago in our laboratory at Bangalore . |
| 21 | A similar suggestion was made a few years later by the French scientist the Marquis de Laplace , apparently independently of Michell . |
| 22 | After these reconnaissances during October , a final reconnaissance was made a few days before the invasion , by the teams going inshore one night so that each navigator could show the paddlers their canoes ' positions as navigational marks guiding in the assault waves on D-day . |
| 23 | ‘ When the draw for the quarter-final was made a few weeks ago , I was delighted at being paired with Derry City ’ he declared . |
| 24 | He was strumming a few chords now , one foot up on a stool , and the silence in the little bar was complete . |
| 25 | The first step in the evaluation of the ANLT processing system was to select a few sentences from the Longman/Lancaster corpus and samples of recognised text ( the HP business text in Appendix 5 and estate agents details ) . |
| 26 | This was sold a few days later for £8.58 million ! |
| 27 | He rapped three times on the door of Room 144 , it was opened a few inches . |
| 28 | Fortunately , Quetta was bought a few months later by a retired man , Harold Shoosmith . |
| 29 | He was bought a few drinks by workmates then took off on his own , round various bars , to finish the job properly . |
| 30 | The old watermill was demolished a few years ago , but was active until 1960 . |