Example sentences of "a few [noun pl] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 31 | When Sara glanced back a few moments later , she saw that five liverymen had descended upon the urchin and were giving him a beating . |
| 32 | " Fetch him in ! " she ordered , and a few moments later Tristram , gagged and hand-tied , was brought into the great hall . |
| 33 | She did n't turn round : she expected Ace to follow , and a few moments later she heard running footsteps behind her . |
| 34 | A few moments later a barge hove into view . |
| 35 | A few moments later , squeals of laughter and delight heralded the arrival of Cissie and Richard ; the kitchen door burst open and they tumbled in one behind the other , the boy first , and the girl pretending to chase him , her hands making pointed ear shapes behind her head , and her small pretty features twisted into a fearsome expression . |
| 36 | A few moments later , she stood beside the uncovered coffin . |
| 37 | A few moments later , Ruth — the maid — came in . |
| 38 | A few moments later , she reappeared in the lounge , with Golding behind her . |
| 39 | Bella returned a few moments later , carrying her drink in one hand and a lighted cigarette in the other . |
| 40 | When the news was broadcast on Teheran radio a few moments later , the city erupted in joy . |
| 41 | A few moments later , Jacques Remy came into the room . |
| 42 | There was a pause , Riven trying to remember Minginish 's geography , but a few moments later Luib put him back to work . |
| 43 | A few moments later he said : ‘ All clear . |
| 44 | ‘ Has Eleanor gone ? ’ asked Julius 's voice a few moments later . |
| 45 | A few moments later he raised his head , to catch a gasp of breath and then to mutter softly in her ear , ‘ There has n't been a day — or night — in the last four years when I have n't missed you . |
| 46 | And a few moments later she was shown into the office she remembered from before . |
| 47 | Then Ockleton turned off along a narrow lane and , a few moments later , they pulled up by the church . |
| 48 | When the door of the pub slammed shut behind Minter a few moments later , he sighed with relief and took a lengthy gulp at his beer . |
| 49 | A few moments later , however , a taxi drew up to the kerb and he thrust his golden head out of the window . |
| 50 | Mrs Porter herself answered the question a few moments later . |
| 51 | ‘ Let's go into the garden , ’ he said tersely , and a few moments later they were gliding along the path that wound down to the river 's edge , their way lit by a bright moon that stretched a blue path towards them across the water . |
| 52 | A few moments later he was scuttling through the palace 's corridors holding the message capsule and — owing to carelessness brought on by surprise — sucking at the nasty beak wound on the back of his hand . |
| 53 | A few moments later Rincewind smelled bacon frying . |
| 54 | A few moments later the two heroes were just specks under a cloud of dust , heading down towards the charcoal city . |
| 55 | He tossed the packet towards her a few moments later . |
| 56 | The effect , Merrill noticed a few moments later , had been carried into the interior . |
| 57 | A few moments later he pulled into the gravelled forecourt of a large house . |
| 58 | A few moments later Merrill heard his car start , then roar away into the night . |
| 59 | A few moments later she was putting a whisky tumbler into his hand . |
| 60 | But a few moments later , in Simon 's cottage , when he pulled up a chair to the fire and gently pressed her down into it , she managed to say , ‘ You — knew … |