Example sentences of "few [noun pl] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I arrived ten minutes before her at one stop ( advance means a few minutes ahead as well as two months ) I found that two ladies in wheelchairs had positioned themselves at the foot of the stairs and were pleading with everyone to let them stay and shake hands with Mrs Thatcher . |
| 2 | That farewell to the coaches was going to be ‘ Hello ’ until a few minutes ago when the British Olympic Association suddenly cancelled a meet-the-press day . |
| 3 | The match , which kicked off a few minutes later than its scheduled 10.15 start time , ended on a bizarre note seven minutes into injury time at 12.15am . |
| 4 | A few minutes later while she was pinning up her hair before having her bath , she heard the sound of horses ' hooves and saw Matthew with Bunny Chaloner by his side ride out . |
| 5 | ‘ He 's a manager , your dad , is n't he ? ’ asked Jamie Shepherd a few minutes later as they bounced round a corner with the old van rattling as if it was going to shake itself to bits at any moment . |
| 6 | She walked into the sitting-room a few minutes later as he was replacing the phone . |
| 7 | His morale was uplifted a few minutes later when the same Minister returned with a gaggle of additional members evidently called from the floor of the House . |
| 8 | His conclusion that it was simply an old-fashioned recognition of his comparative youth was to be torpedoed a few minutes later when he heard her addressing his neighbour as Alf . |
| 9 | Her question was answered a few minutes later when Matthew himself came outside and saw her at the window . |
| 10 | Rachel found herself following him into the social club and a few minutes later when they were both seated with their drinks in the same window-seat where they had sat before she said , ‘ So what 's your connection with Conway House ? ’ |
| 11 | Cook it for a few minutes longer than stated and eat it |
| 12 | Peas will take a few minutes longer than beans to soften . |
| 13 | However , he ran into a familiar stumbling-block : the concerto and the Souvenir add up to a few minutes less than the magic number of 55 , so he was forced to abandon the idea . |
| 14 | Susceptibility to the toxic effects of paracetamol taken in overdose differs between people , which may explain why some patients survive having taken large amounts of paracetamol while others die having taken only a few tablets more than the eight tablets ( 4 g ) a day recommended by the manufacturers . |
| 15 | This impression was tragically confirmed a few hours later when news came through that HMS Sheffield had been sunk . |
| 16 | The German had intended to ride his Olympic gold medal partner , Walzerkoenig , on Saturday night until a few hours earlier when it was discovered that the horse 's off-foreleg was inexplicably swollen . |
| 17 | Within a few hours more than 40 people had signed it . |
| 18 | As Montag begins to realise how wrong his community is , he starts to steal a few books rather than burn them all . |
| 19 | A few paces below where the body lay , and a yard or so into the bushes , there was a patch of free stones , loosely overgrown with grass and lichen , and to all appearance undisturbed for a year or more ; until something about the clear outlining of the upper stone made him look closer . |
| 20 | Women , who have slower moving bowels than men , could derive a few calories less than 50 a day . |
| 21 | When I 'm fishing from the bank , and the water is choppy , there are few floats better than Drennan ‘ Driftbeater ’ . |
| 22 | It is better to learn that the candidate can not put a few words together before he/she joins the company rather than after he/she is employed . |
| 23 | THIS STUNNING new Toyota Supra will go on sale in Britain next autumn — a few months later than expected . |
| 24 | Soon released , Throckmorton was rearrested a few months later because of the involvement of his younger brother , Michael , with Cardinal Reginald Pole [ q.v. ] : once again no charge was sustained . |
| 25 | The somewhat carefree atmosphere of this event was dampened a few months later when the Electricity Board 's contractors prepared to start work on levelling the ground for the new power station . |
| 26 | There was another memorable moment a few months later when she was flown to Leeds by the same helicopter — ‘ I have to admit , it 's my favourite method of transport ’ — to attend a Press conference . |
| 27 | The girl and her boyfriend were delighted by the new arrangement and they continued their happy sex life until a few months later when the mother announced that she was pregnant . |
| 28 | Lorentz returned to this point a few months later when he was reviewing Fritz Lang 's German film M . |
| 29 | The depth of Nizan 's commitment to the Soviet Union was similarly visible a few months later when he described the great steps made by the mass of the Soviet people in terms of cultural development : When you have seen young workers in Moscow or Tashkent … speaking passionately of Gogol or Gorky , you realise that the Soviet people have gained admission to the high culture that was previously a privilege of the bourgeoisie … |
| 30 | The film 's message — the continuing success of this homespun cottage industry with a modern technological core — seemed borne out a few months later when the company won a Queen 's Award for Export ; over a three-year period they had increased exports six-fold . |