Example sentences of "[adv] [coord] [prep] several [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead , Anna 's limbs suddenly began to jerk alarmingly and for several seconds she thrashed her head from side to side until tiny bubbles of foam appeared on her lips . |
| 2 | Some blockhouses were small and short-lived , but others proved to have been placed advantageously and after several years would be reconstructed on a larger scale to form a frontier town . |
| 3 | The little onward-beating heart of my son bashes on through the night , its strong signal being transmitted through and across several layers of pillows . |
| 4 | He noticed that Minton often talked despairingly and on several occasions involved himself and Vaughan in discussions of suicide . |
| 5 | He started shaking if you said ‘ Hello ’ too loudly and for several hours after his punishment felt very hungry because he could n't hold a knife and fork long enough to get the food into his mouth . |
| 6 | He attended the assembly 's sessions regularly and on several occasions used it as a parliamentary forum in which to press his case . |
| 7 | Each account will draw on the personal experiences of the principal investigator , who was closely and in several cases , centrally involved in all three episodes . |
| 8 | The president of B'nai B'rith International , Mr Seymour Reich , said the organisation made the expulsion threat reluctantly and after several years of negotiation . |
| 9 | The president of B'nai B'rith International , Mr Seymour Reich , said the organisation made the expulsion threat reluctantly and after several years of negotiation . |