Example sentences of "few [noun pl] [noun] [verb] " 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 As soon as the casing was in position at stage 2 , it was only a few minutes work to pull the cables through the casing and fix the capping .
7 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 .
8 Leeds get stuck in though and in the last few minutes Newsome gets the goal to go 3–2 , do n't ask me what it was the whole match was so exciting I forgot everything !
9 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 .
10 During the last few minutes Hazel had been as near to losing his head as he was ever to come .
11 After a few minutes Jack groped for the bedside table .
12 For a few minutes Merrill heard the murmur of their voices , followed by the sound of Luke 's outer door closing .
13 After a few minutes Wednesday arrived with about ten boys , Mr Morraine and Matron .
14 At the weekends he can be anywhere within a few hours drive doing the job of a ‘ Sapper ’ the army 's word for a Military Engineer .
15 Although this seems clever when one is told about it , a few minutes-hands-on experience demonstrates that it is not AI at all — it is a parlour trick .
16 They turned left down a road and after a few paces Tom opened another gate into the field next to the graveyard .
17 After New Hampshire , however , Frohnmayer had to go , and despite all the publicity surrounding his departure , it is remarkable how few arts advocates have protested , and how many have seemed to heave a quiet sigh of relief .
18 In a few words Travis had blocked her line of retreat .
19 I 'm retiring in a few months Daphne said quietly .
20 For a few months Joanne stayed at home , but became desperate to get a job and regain her independence .
21 In the next few months Bathsheba noticed miserably that Gabriel communicated with her as little as possible , and then only by messenger .
22 erm but after a few months dad gave it up cos it was erm too wet and that where weeds could grow easily
23 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 ?
24 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 .
25 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 .
26 Within a few months business looked good , so well had the way been prepared for the success of our own Community Station .
27 ‘ 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 .
28 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 .
29 For the past few months Police have been mounting a major operation to crackdown on joy riders … its the type of accident they 'd always feared .
30 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 ’ ) .
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