Example sentences of "a few [noun pl] [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ABOVE : Ben Weaver hooked this 19 lb 2 oz specimen in the nick of time — a few moments later gale force winds made fishing impossible . |
| 2 | At one point , when the cab driver crashed a late amber light , Manville thought he had shaken off his pursuer , only to identify the vehicle a few moments later as it re-emerged from another side-street . |
| 3 | A few moments later Bigwig was in the ditch . |
| 4 | Hazel stamped , and a few moments later Dandelion was beside him in the bracken . |
| 5 | A few moments later two others came out and waited for them . |
| 6 | Younger still are a few areas smaller than maria which bear yet lower number densities of craters . |
| 7 | The younger was nineteen or so , just a few inches taller than Melanie , with longish , bright red hair hanging over the collar of a dark blue , rather military looking jacket with shoulder flaps and brass buttons . |
| 8 | The man was not as tall as he had been in the photograph , he stooped too much , but he was still a few inches taller than his wife . |
| 9 | Well it is as mu it 's it 's worked out a few pounds cheaper . |
| 10 | She completed the course a few pounds heavier and clutching a diploma for her efforts . |
| 11 | I felt really good a few pounds lighter and with a tan , and I wanted to stay like that and surprise everyone when I got back , especially my boyfriend , who might have been wishing I was thinner . |
| 12 | A few lines earlier ‘ wonder ’ has come into his eyes at the mention of Lothlórien . |
| 13 | In this situation , the duration time should be reduced to a few minutes greater than the current elapsed time . |
| 14 | Her portion had been painted apricot , its front door a few tones darker than its walls . |
| 15 | Turning , he saw a barn owl , flying parallel to him , though a few feet higher . |
| 16 | Sometimes we were a few feet higher , sometimes the other one was . |
| 17 | The belay will probably be a few feet lower than it was and nearer to the exit from the groove . |
| 18 | ( A few degrees cooler or hotter and water changes in state , to ice or steam . ) |
| 19 | There will be a thermostat which can be set so that , if the temperature falls below 20°C , say , the heating is switched on , and if the temperature rises a few degrees higher , it is switched off . |
| 20 | As stated a few paragraphs higher , the rules for self-employed pension plans have been altered to bring them in line with other personal pensions . |
| 21 | Because my friend 's daughter whom I met er she is one year and a few days older than you two huh ? |
| 22 | Just a few years younger , the Pullman Astoria still looks as grand as when Churchill stayed there , though the neighbourhood has certainly lost some of its sparkle ( Upper Town , 103 Rue Royale , telephone 02/2176290 , cost 6,000 fr ) . |
| 23 | Sadly , the old bitches his mother lined up were only a few years younger than him . |
| 24 | He was a real old country doctor , of a type that is fast dying out , and she knew that if she had been a few years younger he would have patted her on the cheek . |
| 25 | On the mantelshelf behind him there was a photograph of a pretty , smiling , dark-haired woman , a boy of about ten and a girl a few years younger . |
| 26 | It was difficult to believe that she was only a few years younger than his mother ; both mentally and physically she belonged to a different generation . |
| 27 | ‘ Oh , I think a few years younger . ’ |
| 28 | Although his friend must be a few years younger than Alice , he was fancy-free , and Alice was so lovely to look at these days , the age difference would n't be noticed . |
| 29 | ‘ If I was a few years younger , I 'd be a hooker , ’ said Constance , stretching . |
| 30 | What a shame that Andy Nicol is not a few years younger , for he too showed himself to be of world class in last year 's celebration of New Zealand 's centenary , when he played for the World XV in Christchurch . |