Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] a [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , I did get a bit depressed at times … and I got through a few pairs of shoes . ’ |
| 2 | Looking at the relaxed poses in our photographs , it will come as no surprise to learn that Clarissa modelled for a few years back in the 60s . |
| 3 | In his later life he became for a few months nearly as famous as Ramsey , though in a different context . |
| 4 | He then fainted for a few seconds . |
| 5 | ‘ I am taking you to Jaén , ’ he announced after a few miles . |
| 6 | And I knelt for a few moments , head buried in my hands . |
| 7 | Inspired by the arrival of The Beatles to play the guitar , he bought a cheap Harmony electric and a Kalamazoo amp and dabbled for a few years before joining a high school covers band , playing soul , rock and a good deal of Hendrix . |
| 8 | We stopped for a few hours in Aberdeen , long enough to allow Father to take us to see the house we had lived in until 1939 : Stranathro , at Muchalls , perched high on the cliffs by the road to Stonehaven . |
| 9 | In the final phase of the experiment , the buzzer ( a conditioned stimulus ) sounded and the dog salivated after a few seconds without the presence of any meat powder ( conditioned response ) . |
| 10 | We also stopped after a few paces and turned to look back at her . |
| 11 | As Betty talked about the rain of the previous days the builder spoke briefly of water tables ; as she deplored the unemployment in the principality he gave a succinct resumé of the economic situation ; as , somewhat at a loss , she praised the sun for now shining , Emyr described in a few words how it would eventually burn itself out . |
| 12 | Although it is conceded that a ‘ decline ’ occurred in a few trades , reformers are said to have been confused by terminology and to have failed to distinguish between ‘ deskilling of individual jobs and industrial changes which led to the number of jobs in certain industries or occupations declining either relatively or absolutely , but not to the nature of the job themselves changing ’ . |
| 13 | They moved on a few steps , again stood together , and wrote , " Angry . |
| 14 | yeah so we create a supervisor , we 've thrown numbers at the er the typing , swopped around a few hours , changed a bit here , changed a bit there , it 's all cosmetic stuff around the edges |
| 15 | He played for a few seconds with the animal 's jewelled collar then turned his eyes on me . |
| 16 | She drove for a few minutes in silence , then she said , ‘ You know what I 'm going back to ? ’ |
| 17 | After her death , he advertised for a housekeeper with a view to matrimony but unfortunately the first lady who took the job decamped after a few days , taking with her his prized possessions and helped by a male friend who apparently had kept in the background . |
| 18 | There may be some weathering her and there After a few weeks which to Willis , however , seemed like a few years , the broker 's solicitors made a conditional offer for the poor old barge , and finally agreed to pay £1500 , provided that Dreadnought was still in shipshape condition six months hence , in the spring of 1962 . |
| 19 | Last year , Britain hosted within a few weeks of each other the Moscow City Ballet , Moscow Classical Ballet , Moscow Ballet La Classique and the Russian State Ballet . |
| 20 | Last autumn he came within a few minutes of death when he slashed his wrists with a razor blade . |
| 21 | In any case , how could she look into his eyes and convince him she would n't touch him with a ten-foot pole when every time he came within a few feet of her she quivered inside , remembering the fierce and all too brief pressure of his mouth on hers ? |
| 22 | As she came within a few yards of it , however , a shudder passed down its spine , and it rolled over , showing its face to the sleet . |
| 23 | The bad news came within a few days ; there was no place available to him at Oxford this year in the Martinmas term . |
| 24 | Everyone of the gang was known to the police and the first arrests came within a few days : |
| 25 | The reply came in a few minutes ago listing ten different countries with which he does business . ’ |
| 26 | Jock Lewes came in a few days later with a different tale to tell . |
| 27 | A new chairman came in a few months ago . |
| 28 | There was a happy burble of voices which came from a few children discussing some design they were doing . |
| 29 | As we turned another corner we came across a few villagers handling copra . |
| 30 | Then he rested for a few minutes and pushed on again . |