Example sentences of "a few [noun pl] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Friends were able to find an alternative , but for a few moments Marilyn said she could not believe it was happening to her and looked about for the dreaded Jeremy Beadle . |
| 2 | After a few moments Troy got up and walked slowly from the tent . |
| 3 | For a few moments Sandison allowed himself to take in the figure before him and he ignored what had been said . |
| 4 | After a few moments Sandison went on : ‘ Do you know them ? ’ |
| 5 | Eleanor looked as if he had actually hit her , and for a few moments Jessamy found herself feeling sorry for her . |
| 6 | For a few moments Rune regarded her in silence , a slight smile playing round his strong mouth , then he asked softly , ‘ What happened to our truce ? ’ |
| 7 | For a few moments Morse sat where he was . |
| 8 | After a few moments hesitation so did I. |
| 9 | Sara began to explain , but after a few moments Jenny said impatiently , " Why do n't we walk down to Moorlake and then you can show me properly ? " |
| 10 | After a few moments Maidstone said : ‘ What 's your interest in her , anyway ? ’ |
| 11 | I 'll be talking in a few moments time about aviation travel and the risks and , indeed , the trends that are being reflected at the present time , but erm before we move to that let's just think about those of us who perhaps have decided we wo n't go abroad . |
| 12 | Okay , we 'll come back and pick up with you again , if we may , in a few moments time , but I wanted to change tack once more and go back to the telephones , and waiting to talk to us now is Alan Spong , he 's a director of Lunn Poly , one of the country 's leading travel agents . |
| 13 | And that 's Nick Harris talking to Ken Vasey up at the Manor ground and we hope to return to the Manor in a few moments time and see who else Nick has got to talk to us . |
| 14 | At the same time , we need to make sure we respect people 's desire to have a few moments quietness immediately before and after worship . |
| 15 | The men followed them and within a few moments lord Hulton and I were standing there just as before watching the tiny figures on the skyline , listening to the distant " Haow , haow ! " |
| 16 | There were a few moments silence before they turned their backs to the church and , still holding hands , sang : |
| 17 | I would like to invite members to stand and join me in a few moments silence in memory of Doctor . |
| 18 | There was a tumult at the gates , and in a few moments Dunan and the Hearthwares joined them . |
| 19 | For a few moments Leith felt transfixed — there seemed to be a hint of kindness in his look . |
| 20 | After a few moments Cowslip said , " Look , do you see those jackdaws hanging round the carrots ? |
| 21 | After a few moments Milton remarked . |
| 22 | Mmm … only a few players Id like to see in the side to be honest . |
| 23 | Even an area a few metres square can be turned into a mysterious little haven , where every turn of the path reveals something fresh and exciting . |
| 24 | In its full-page and horrendously expensive advertisements in the national press , and now ( the latest manifestation ) in a booklet with a cover that at only a few metres distance looks like gold-tooled morocco , it comes perilously close to transgressing those rules of the Advertising Standards Authority that ensure that all ads are honest , fair , accurate , unimpeachable and altogether above reproach . |
| 25 | Even at the simplest and most active plate boundaries , a major earthquake caused by a few metres movement of a fault recurs perhaps six times a millennium . |
| 26 | By storing up a few milliseconds worth of message and then pumping it out in a splurge , several digital phones can operate over a channel that would accommodate only a single analogue one : they merely send out their bursts at different times . |
| 27 | Heights do not usually exceed 12 metres but in a few instances heights of more than 20 metres have been involved . |
| 28 | " Aye , but he used to keep a few beasts years ago . |
| 29 | Knit a few inches background . |
| 30 | ‘ Ca n't a woman get a few hours sleep of an after-noon ? ’ the slattern inquired of Didier . |