Example sentences of "a few [noun pl] [adv] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | A few moments later , he returned with a mug of coffee and placed it in front of me . |
| 2 | A few moments later she came back to me . |
| 3 | It is also undesirable because , if the glider is bounced off by bumpy ground , it will fly back into the ground heavily a few moments later . |
| 4 | Then a few moments later he bemoaned — at great length — how London was getting increasingly ‘ homogenized and pasteurized ’ , milking the issue for all it was worth . |
| 5 | A few moments later she was saying : ‘ Hello , Alexei , this is Anna Charsky . |
| 6 | Only a few moments later , a pew gave way under the weight of so many people sitting on it . |
| 7 | Bragg arrived , puffing , a few moments later . |
| 8 | A few moments later he returned , scratching his chin thoughtfully . |
| 9 | A few moments later Marie and Richard 's nursemaid appeared , panting as much with distress as exertion , with Aunt Rose , her old-fashioned roll of black hair half unpinned , behind them . |
| 10 | A few moments later , somewhat red-faced , Ann appeared , the fly having been removed . |
| 11 | A few moments later , she came ashore and wandered over : ‘ Dad , these leggings do n't seem to work , water is still getting in , ’ she complained . |
| 12 | Then , a few moments later , at twenty-five minutes to five , the trail dipped steeply for thirty yards , and there was the Land Rover at the bottom . |
| 13 | A few moments later , he was pop-popping south with a note for Mick and Paddy in the back pocket of his corduroy jeans . |
| 14 | Cough worse ( < ) lying down which causes the most violent cough to appear a few moments later . |
| 15 | If it is closely examined at this point it appears to have died from shock , but then a few moments later it may revive miraculously and fly off . |
| 16 | A few moments later , balloon of armagnac in hand , I was listening to Dennis recount with great self-satisfaction how he 'd come by the priceless spirit , when our attention was drawn by the sound of running water from the kitchen . |
| 17 | ‘ We 're nearly there , ’ he said soothingly , and a few moments later he escorted her through the elaborate palm Court which was the entrance to the Royal Hotel . |
| 18 | But a few moments later there she was — tall and beautiful in a little green bouclé dress with matching jacket . |
| 19 | A few moments later she appeared again and told them they could go in . |
| 20 | He returned a few moments later with the dish , and the little hedgehog could hardly believe her eyes : the gigantic dish was overflowing with dog food . |
| 21 | 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 ! |
| 22 | One night , he recalls , he sat alone in the Commons library when David Owen passed by and returned a few moments later with David Marquand . |
| 23 | ‘ A few moments later and he would not have stood a chance . ’ |
| 24 | I must admit , we joined them a few moments later for a well-earned cuppa after our day 's exertions . |
| 25 | Only a few moments later he is being sympathetic with Cassio — ‘ What , are you hurt , lieutenant ? … |
| 26 | A few moments later , she was actually talking to Ed Grainger . |
| 27 | As Patrick and Senga strolled into the house a few moments later , Katherine suddenly heard her son sneeze explosively . |
| 28 | A few moments later the other followed . |
| 29 | A few moments later came the smell of petrol and exhaust . |
| 30 | A few moments later they were under the silver birches and as the sun rose , striking flashes of red and green from the drops on ferns and twigs , they scrambled through the hedge , across a shallow ditch and into the thick grass of the meadow . |