Example sentences of "few [noun] [adv] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because the sandwich is only a few angstroms thick it transmits visible light — but it reflects longer wavelength heat radiation . |
| 2 | For example , one director commented that when he saw a topic referred to a few times then it would ‘ click ’ in his mind , and he would then consider if it could have some significance to his company . |
| 3 | there 's a few times so I 'll give you that four . |
| 4 | The few cases where we know how a girl entered the trade show a mixture of influences . |
| 5 | There are also a few cases where we can roughly predict the location of a particular error . |
| 6 | The political activity of women is limited and , in the few cases where they do achieve positions of some power , these positions are often linked to the traditional female role . |
| 7 | However , in the few cases where it does occur , this type of update pattern makes timing calculations relatively easy . |
| 8 | But a few minutes ago I said I was dog-tired and hungry . |
| 9 | Only a few minutes ago I felt a slight twitch in the boy 's calf muscle . |
| 10 | okay Right you mentioned it a few minutes ago you suggested that this thing was formed . |
| 11 | Now she was lost , every cell , every fibre of her body alive with the memory of his possession , aching to re-experience what only a few hours , a few minutes ago she 'd sworn to deny them both . |
| 12 | A few minutes later we were in Delhi . |
| 13 | A few minutes later we drew up at a big concrete building which the officer told me was the town jail but which seemed to be a large Luftwaffe barracks . |
| 14 | A few minutes later we were seated at a corner table in the small bistro which I had known for several years . |
| 15 | Farmer Nash was n't at the market , and a few minutes later we saw his angry red face above the wall on the far side of the field . |
| 16 | A few minutes later they were starting up Heymouth Brae , the road that connected Heymouth with the summit and world beyond . |
| 17 | A few minutes later they had acknowledged Mr Bryant and his daughter outside their house , and then trudged home and stood chatting for some time on the doorstep . |
| 18 | When police found it a few minutes later they looked inside expecting to find the baby but the back seat was empty . |
| 19 | A few minutes later they were given a direct order to go to bed — and if you disobey a direct order you 're instantly put on report . |
| 20 | The following ‘ Arkansas Stomp ’ gets things going , though , and when a few minutes later they deliver a truly rocking ‘ Dateless Night ’ a great night seems in store . |
| 21 | A few minutes later they came out onto the bright and still busy Lower Road . |
| 22 | A few minutes later they were approaching the outskirts of the town . |
| 23 | A few minutes later they had reached the main road and were heading through a clear November evening towards the north side of the spectacular Cornish peninsula . |
| 24 | The following ‘ Arkansas Stomp ’ gets things going , though , and when a few minutes later they deliver a truly rocking ‘ Dateless Night ’ a great night seems in store . |
| 25 | But a few minutes later they said they had detained the wrong woman and the real suspect was still at large . |
| 26 | The Dormouse woke up and quickly began to tell a story , but a few minutes later it was asleep again . |
| 27 | A few minutes later it emerged and flew off and then when it returned it looked at the wall and saw the marks and went inside . |
| 28 | A few minutes later he breathlessly approached the car from the opposite direction , fell into his seat , and said : ‘ Well , that 's all right . |
| 29 | A few minutes later he was uncorking a fine claret in Masha 's room , saying he had something to celebrate : he 'd been invited to breakfast at Downing Street to help brief Maggie for her trip to Poland . |
| 30 | A few minutes later he went to a room on the first floor to take a blood test . |