Example sentences of "a few [noun pl] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nigel felt they were close for a few moments before the customary iciness set in . |
| 2 | It was a few moments before an answer occurred to him . |
| 3 | A few moments before he died he rubbed his cheek against our hands desperate for our touch , like a kitten or a very young baby ; in the next he was once again the brave young fighter pilot , and , in a curiously jaunty gesture he put his thumbs up , as though telling control tower he was ready now for take off . |
| 4 | ‘ I still ca n't work out how they got away with it because I 'd only left it outside the tent for a few moments before it vanished . |
| 5 | Innumerable country spires turn bronze amid newly ploughed fields of copper , just for a few moments before the ball disappears . |
| 6 | He sat in the driver 's seat to get the feel for a few moments before he started it up . |
| 7 | They took breath for a few moments before they emerged , after the third volley , to finish what they had begun , the Welsh swordsmen boiling out of the bushes joyously on their heels . |
| 8 | She thought carefully for a few moments before she said , ‘ Silas — are n't you being unreasonable and somewhat unfair to both yourself and to Doreen ? ’ |
| 9 | Holy chaos reigned for a few moments while all heaven was let loose . |
| 10 | A bystander at his creation , or rather arriving a few moments after it , would feel justified in assuming that Adam had had a mother , been born and brought up in the usual way , and was in every way like us ; but he would be wrong . |
| 11 | He waited a few moments until the footsteps were directly below him and peeked over the edge . |
| 12 | The wireless crackled for a few moments until , after much jiggling with the knobs , the voice of Mr Chamberlain became clear . |
| 13 | She struggled for a few moments until , overcome apparently by shock , she lost consciousness . |
| 14 | Patrick awoke briefly during the night and lay awake , confused and troubled for a few moments until he realized where he was . |
| 15 | They would have the fire brigade round in a few moments if the external noise had been as loud as the internal one . |
| 16 | She saw him scowl darkly as he scanned the page , and wondered for a few moments if perhaps , although he could speak her tongue almost as if he 'd been born in her country , he did not read English so well . |
| 17 | He lay on his back for a few moments as he always did , then turned onto his right side , arranging himself as if for sleep . |
| 18 | We should be all right for a few moments as it is deeper water ; we can then make for the beach , hopefully avoiding the big dumping surf . ’ |
| 19 | The woman stared at him for a few moments as she mulled over his offer . |
| 20 | They fell silent for a few moments as they drank their tea . |
| 21 | Rory pushed herself out of her chair , suddenly fuelled by restless energy , and strode to the window , gazing unseeingly over the lawn for a few moments as anger seethed within her . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm not married ! ’ she retorted , and for a few moments as her world righted itself and she realised that she must have momentarily got her wires crossed , because he had already told her he was not married , she realised too that , up until a moment ago , he must have thought her — Mrs Barnaby Stewart . |
| 23 | We then had quite a few chances before Norwich scored on a rare break with 11 mins left . |
| 24 | In the water I found only a few coins because the beach dropped off quite steeply into the water , making it difficult to detect . |
| 25 | As it was , I was lucky to get away with a few bruises if the person who slugged me was the one who knocked off Mahoney . |
| 26 | 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 ’ . |
| 27 | In any case , the certainty one feels is normally misplaced , although there are a few instances when genuinely creative thinking has been documented as taking place during dreams . |
| 28 | As we shall see in Section 3.8 , there are a few instances when even TNF needs further simplification , and Kent ( 1983 ) and Date ( 1990 ) describe these extensions . |
| 29 | In a few instances as might be expected , opinions differ on certain aspects . |
| 30 | She turned to march away but got only a few inches before she was hauled back . |