Example sentences of "came a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first cavalry charge came a few minutes later and it clearly worried the pickets . |
| 2 | But Yorkshire 's lead by then was 53 with the final 20 overs approaching and Craig White and Darren Gough carefully batted on until rain came a few minutes before the close . |
| 3 | Well , Anna came a few times . |
| 4 | With that came a few showers , mostly on the east coast . |
| 5 | Ian 's moment of glory came a few days later . |
| 6 | ‘ Oh , who cares where it came from ! ’ screamed Mavis , as the wolf came a few steps further into the room . |
| 7 | Mr Creme believes Christ has already come again — came a few years ago actually — and is now residing in the Asian community in London , waiting for a more receptive attitude from the press before He shows Himself on worldwide television , when ‘ He wo n't actually speak , but His thoughts , His ideas , His call to humanity , will take place silently , telepathically . ’ |
| 8 | In 1752 Horace Walpole instructed his brother , Ned , to collect tea seed ; Gilbert White came a few years later to discuss difficulties over growing melons at Selborne ; and Charles Hatton selected two pots of passion flower , ‘ lusty and strong ’ in April 1760 . |
| 9 | One of the sharpest recessions came a few years after the Conservative government , sensitive to the enormous profits made in earlier years , had imposed ( in 1963 ) a variable levy rising to 45 per cent on the companies ' advertising revenue ( as distinct from their profits ) . |
| 10 | But she liked the money , and the new house , and the new dresses — and the six fields of apple trees and the big farm north of Stratford that came a few years later . |
| 11 | Richard 's turn came a few months later . |
| 12 | It is clearly related to the Horta figure work although it came a few months later , and it shows the same intensive analysis of the nature of solid forms . |