Example sentences of "few [noun] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why , just a few generations ago the grandparents of this trumped-up charlatan blossomed and grew in orchards that attracted humans and animals alike with the sweet scent of fruit as it hung from the boughs . |
| 2 | At the climax to the debate a few minutes ago the hon. Member for Cunninghame , South ( Mr. Lambie ) was addressing a single Labour Back Bencher . |
| 3 | A few minutes ago the hon. Member for Bristol , East ( Mr. Sayeed ) attacked my hon. Friend the Member for Bristol , South ( Ms. Primarolo ) for being absent from the Chamber for the statement . |
| 4 | Just a few minutes ago the ambulance carrying the two boys arrived at Stoke Mandeville . |
| 5 | ‘ A few minutes ago an old man came to my office . |
| 6 | So I hung around and , sure enough , a few minutes later a squad car turned up all its lights flashing . |
| 7 | A few minutes later a car drew up , its brakes screeching in the best SS fashion . |
| 8 | At about 7.45 ( ship time ) , they heard a major explosion and a few minutes later a searing hot blast of gas roared over St Pierre and the ships lying off shore , capsizing the steam ship Grappler , and rolling the Roraima so severely that she lost all her masts and smokestacks . |
| 9 | As I was struggling down the yard with the fully laden bucket a few minutes later a neighbour , Mrs Woods , saw me . |
| 10 | A few minutes later a youth with a shattered left knee-cap was wheeled on a low-slung ambulance trolley into the Cleansing Theatre . |
| 11 | Puzzled , the girl went off , and a few minutes later a grey haired woman in black entered the cubicle . |
| 12 | A few minutes later a second girl ran into the office . |
| 13 | A few minutes later a police jeep screeched to a halt outside . |
| 14 | But just a few minutes later a playgroup worker found the baby lying on the tiled floor next to the pushchair . |
| 15 | He could not explain why he ran or why he and David abandoned a car a few minutes later a mile from the town centre . |
| 16 | A few minutes later the train arrived in Duisburg and we got out . |
| 17 | He goes on to remark that a few minutes later the same antlers could be in use with the animals full weight behind them as they slash and batter those of an opposing stag . |
| 18 | A few minutes later the elderly owner of ‘ Primrose Cottage ’ was on the phone . |
| 19 | A few minutes later the very same Mrs Fm turns up . |
| 20 | A few minutes later the rabbits had crossed the cart-track and vanished into the copse beyond . |
| 21 | A few minutes later the Doctor had reached the valley . |
| 22 | A few minutes later the ship saw us and turned . |
| 23 | A few minutes later the spaceship landed and I was home . |
| 24 | A few minutes later the spaceship was falling towards a planet covered with tall buildings . |
| 25 | To her surprise a few minutes later the taxi pulled up outside a fashion shop in one of the main city streets as the driver indicated she had reached her destination . |
| 26 | A few minutes later the lights went out . |
| 27 | A few minutes later the Deruta vase containing about half a kilo of assorted chocolates had been placed on the rear seat of the Volvo and he was sitting in the front watching Cinzia tear up the parking ticket which had been tucked under the windscreen wiper . |
| 28 | A few minutes later the company sergeant-major marched out of the tent to collect him . |
| 29 | After a few minutes more the conversation was beginning to flag . |
| 30 | A recent view is that a postsynaptic kinase is activated transiently ( for less than a few minutes following the tetanus ) and a presynaptic kinase is activated for longer periods ( but for less than 1 hour ) . |