Example sentences of "few [noun] [subord] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did this a few times before he realised the result would always be the same . |
| 2 | Hector McDarroch , on the other band , seemed to take a pleasure in showing off his grisly implements , filling the long-needled syringe right in front of my eyes and squirting the cocaine ceilingwards a few times before he started on me . |
| 3 | I only saw Stephen a few times before I went back to prison . |
| 4 | But I think I should ring a few times before I would arrange to meet him . |
| 5 | You may need to carry out the above exercises a few times before you get any results . |
| 6 | You 'll read that sort of round and round a few times before you get it straight in your head what 's |
| 7 | ‘ We have seen her a few times since she has become well known . |
| 8 | Be prepared to ‘ fall off your bike ’ a few times whilst you are learning . |
| 9 | Just sit down ( I thought the idea was to dance — IM ) and listen to ‘ Yes Please ’ a few times until you realise that Shaun 's lyrics and the band 's music together still mean something to all their fans who follow a band purely for their music … so what were you doing talking to the stupid old Happy Mondays after all ? |
| 10 | She thought they had started from different points , although she had wanted to marry him after only a few meetings because he ‘ felt good to be with ’ . |
| 11 | The pigs the mariners left on the islands probably looked at lot like the ancestral wild boars , and certainly when pink pigs go wild , it 's only a few generations before they 're muscular , nimble and fierce again . |
| 12 | When domestic pigs go feral , it 's only a few generations before they start to look like the ancestral Eurasian wild boar . |
| 13 | No sooner had she begun manufacturing a few defences than he demolished them with a flick of his finger . |
| 14 | Aye , we 'll just have a wee few minutes before we set them up . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Can I … you know , can I have a few minutes before we go ? , |
| 16 | A few minutes before we were all due on the first tee a tall and sturdy figure , crowned with a near-bald , sun-tanned head , appeared through the crowd . |
| 17 | It was only a few minutes before we decided on the Bell . |
| 18 | Professor St John Goth heard a door a few minutes before he last looked at his watch at twelve-forty-five . |
| 19 | He informs his head of security only a few minutes before he wants to go somewhere , not trusting even him . |
| 20 | Rather unfairly , as he had been very nice that morning , it was a few minutes before I remembered there was a third guest present . |
| 21 | She considered the question for a few minutes before she replied , ‘ Barbados takes a bit of getting used to , but its good points far outweigh the bad . |
| 22 | Fran murmured her thanks as the woman collected the dog and went on her way , but it was a few minutes before she followed her . |
| 23 | If it was , I reckoned I had a few minutes while he walked back there . |
| 24 | Can you excuse me for a few minutes while I have a word with the others and then I 'll be straight back to you ? ’ |
| 25 | Just give me a few minutes while I get dressed and I shall be ready to go with you . |
| 26 | Miss Bedwelty arrived a few minutes after they did and they all piled into the factory . |
| 27 | A few minutes after they drove away there was a knock at the front door . |
| 28 | A few minutes after they started again a movement out on the plain caught Nathaniel Sherman 's eye . |
| 29 | This part of Enfield has those yellow sodium lamps that have that delicate rosy glow for the first few minutes after they are switched on . |
| 30 | The message probably arrived a few minutes after we left . |