Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] [adv] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And when they tied up at Water Gypsy 's permanent moorings , he gathered his few possessions together and left with only the most perfunctory of farewells . |
| 2 | ‘ I saw Earth Commander some minutes ago and talked to him about rain , ’ Zadak said quietly . |
| 3 | some notes here that have been here all , all the vacation , I think they 're yours are n't they ? |
| 4 | Blinked a few times instead and told him in a croaky voice that I 'd met Erica Upton twice and had sat next to her at dinner . |
| 5 | She only mentioned Margaret twice — once tenderly : ‘ the beautiful curtains Margaret and I chose together ’ — once tartly : ‘ Margaret would never prepare her lectures … just gather a few notes together and wonder why she was nervous at the last moment . |
| 6 | He walked past a few minutes ago and said that 's the third letter you 've written today why do n't you put them in the same envelope and save postage ? |
| 7 | We reached Brigade H.Q a few minutes later and drove the jeep round to the back of the house where we unloaded the canisters . |
| 8 | He ran into the room a few minutes later and began to tear off his crumpled clothes . |
| 9 | ‘ When he puts a bad cross in , he 'll go down the line again a few minutes later and try once more . |
| 10 | Watching the BMW ease out into the traffic a few minutes later and accelerate away along the road , Harry turned Nadine 's words over in his mind . |
| 11 | Cook it for a few minutes longer than stated and eat it |
| 12 | If it 's not ready , boil for a few minutes more and test again . |
| 13 | Set the alarm clock a few minutes earlier and exercise before you get up . |
| 14 | He was ambushed a few hours later and shot dead . |
| 15 | ‘ Especially when I was shutting myself away until two or three in the morning , so that I was absolutely certain that I was going to be able to go into the studio a few hours later and deliver something that was believable and complete . ’ |
| 16 | The course was lengthened by pushing back some tees so as to comply with the Regulations on Handicapping , resulting in the Club having four recognised S.S. courses : White ( 70 ) , Yellow ( 69 ) , Green ( 68 ) and the L.G.U. Red ( 72 ) . |
| 17 | As Montag begins to realise how wrong his community is , he starts to steal a few books rather than burn them all . |
| 18 | After a while Bambi and Nell returned alone , and Bambi with an unexcited word of gratitude to Nell walked a few paces forward and stopped beside her son , who had done nothing to comfort or help his sister and was now sitting alone . |
| 19 | He took a few paces forward and leaned over Willie 's small thin shoulders . |
| 20 | Spurred on again by a stream of oaths , it staggered a few paces further and sank to the ground , defeated . |
| 21 | He took a few steps away and sat down in one of the room 's elegant easy chairs . |
| 22 | She now moved a few steps backwards and sat down again , straightening out one leg and rubbing it as she did so . |
| 23 | He took a few steps forward and tripped over a heavy iron grill set over one of the graves to protect it from the resurrectionists who had once supplied Dr Knox 's anatomy classes . |
| 24 | I am writing primarily to dispel the myth your business correspondent started some months ago and repeated in each article , that CSE built the Sydney Harbour Bridge . |
| 25 | erm arguing and er they was going on about this because if Mrs went to a farm and then said that she saw some hens there that did n't look particularly fit erm and said they 'd got to be culled and if the farmer thought otherwise then we got into all sorts of tangles because we knew nothing about poultry . |
| 26 | An office colleague to whom I had told my story , went to Lochinver by train and bus a few months later and stayed at the same cottage . |
| 27 | I 'll never forget when he came home one night a few months ago and said he 'd met this old man who could tell fortunes by reading the dregs in the bottom of a beer glass . |
| 28 | He had a very bad car accident a few months ago and shattered his kneecap . |
| 29 | Even if the pilot is fully aware of being close to the stall , he will instinctively hold off until the glider stalls down the last few feet rather than fly into obstructions at speed . |
| 30 | To Hazel , it seemed a likely place for a weasel : or the white owl , perhaps , might fly along the escarpment at twilight , looking inwards with its stony eyes , ready to turn a few feet sideways and pick off the shelf anything that moved . |