Example sentences of "few [noun pl] [noun] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Intriguingly , in a few cases Raper found that the G and C cells became linked to the axon they would Follow just before the turn was made . |
| 2 | After a few minutes Crabb returned to the jetty for some extra weights to overcome his buoyancy and , having fitted these to his satisfaction , set off for the Russian cruiser . |
| 3 | After a few minutes Woodruffe said : ‘ You 've got your foot on the brake , Dudley . ’ |
| 4 | After a few minutes Rose handed the paper back to him . |
| 5 | In a few minutes Parry returned with an old newspaper . |
| 6 | Over the next few minutes Wickham learned that MacQuillan had not wanted to leave Barron in control anywhere , that Maureen and Barron had been and still were jockeying for position and that Maureen had enlisted Hunter-Blair 's support . |
| 7 | It was the morning of Emilia Frere 's departure from the Hall and for a few minutes Louisa found herself alone with the Rector , who fingered the brim of his hat and beamed like the milky sun outside . |
| 8 | During the last few minutes Hazel had been as near to losing his head as he was ever to come . |
| 9 | After a few minutes Jack groped for the bedside table . |
| 10 | For a few minutes Merrill heard the murmur of their voices , followed by the sound of Luke 's outer door closing . |
| 11 | After a few minutes Wednesday arrived with about ten boys , Mr Morraine and Matron . |
| 12 | They turned left down a road and after a few paces Tom opened another gate into the field next to the graveyard . |
| 13 | In a few words Travis had blocked her line of retreat . |
| 14 | I 'm retiring in a few months Daphne said quietly . |
| 15 | For a few months Joanne stayed at home , but became desperate to get a job and regain her independence . |
| 16 | In the next few months Bathsheba noticed miserably that Gabriel communicated with her as little as possible , and then only by messenger . |
| 17 | erm but after a few months dad gave it up cos it was erm too wet and that where weeds could grow easily |
| 18 | What do you do — put your ideas to one side and spend the next few months feeling deflated ; or do you take out a Midland Personal Loan now and enjoy the benefits of your purchase , paying the money back in easy stages ? |
| 19 | Over the next few months Endill began to hate his schoolwork more and more ; not because it was difficult and boring but because he thought what the teachers taught him was of no use . |
| 20 | One lunchtime when she had been at the House of Mattli for a few months Paula went there for her usual coffee and the cottage cheese salad that was her staple diet now that it was so important that she did not add a single half-inch to her wand-slim figure . |
| 21 | Within a few months business looked good , so well had the way been prepared for the success of our own Community Station . |
| 22 | ‘ The changes facing the industry with the ending of the variable premium in a few months time made buyers highly selective , ’ said auctioneer Michael Walton who managed to extract an average £1000 for ram lambs against a 1990 figure of £1209 . |
| 23 | During the next few months Mickie spent much of his time in charge of flight tests on the development of the W-3 at Hanworth and the type testing in Glasgow of the four-cylinder , in-line , engine , later known as the Pixie . |
| 24 | Nevertheless one can hardly hope to discuss knowledge in a language any less metaphorical than Descartes ' ( I have myself a few paragraphs back analogized not only to seeing but to ‘ glimpsing ’ and being ‘ illuminated ’ by a ‘ flash ’ , not only to clarity but to drawing a ‘ clear line ’ ) . |
| 25 | ‘ Diana 's few kinds words meant so much to Laura at probably the most difficult time in her life . ’ |
| 26 | For the last few years Pinfield had been based with the Langham Group , a somewhat elitist special projects body under Anthony Pellisier charged with producing very experimental forms of drama — using techniques like inlay , overlay and split screening ; for example , matting caption slide backgrounds over black drape stages . |
| 27 | However , in the first few years groups did not appear to consider fundraising a priority . |
| 28 | Within a few years clubs appeared all over the country . |
| 29 | In the course of a few years Hider had managed to undo a thousand-year-long German expansion eastwards . |
| 30 | The last few years Sarah had practically suffocated her only daughter . |