Example sentences of "[verb] his [noun] [art] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lifted and dropped his shoulders a few times , he 'd seen people do it when they tried on clothes in stores . |
| 2 | When he had written his autobiography a few years earlier , he had started it with the verse : — |
| 3 | She could look back down on her twenty-two years and see a tall handsome man , and she recalled his words a few minutes ago , ‘ Sorrow does n't last . ’ |
| 4 | In April 1820 Green 's doctor , Richard Scambler , and his prating wife are ‘ replete with folly ’ , and in writing his obituary a few months later Green ‘ can find very little to praise . ’ |
| 5 | Sonny shook his head a few times , trying to clear his fuddled senses . |
| 6 | He simply shook his head a few times and went on grinning . |
| 7 | The boy raised his arm a few inches higher . |
| 8 | Doone clicked his pen a few times , then at the bottom wrote Lewis Everard . |
| 9 | He would stand in front of the bathroom mirror in his boxer shorts and expand his chest a few times , breathing deeply . |
| 10 | It took his eyes a few seconds to get accustomed to the gloom then he darted inside and ducked down behind a rusty skip close to the door . |
| 11 | He has had the great distinction of having to deny past intelligence experience — when the former Cabinet Secretary made his allegation a few years ago . |
| 12 | He cleared his throat a few times and groaned like an aged dog in pain . |
| 13 | The man of the house told us that he had to repaint his boat every few weeks as the chemicals stripped it back to bare wood.And his wife complained of burns all up one arm from washing her clothes in contaminated water . |
| 14 | And while she was concentrating on Tavett she watched Shildon , reflected in the glass of a painting on the wall in front of her , slide his hand a few inches along the couch , flip open her bag and feel through the contents . |
| 15 | There was just too much distance between him and Richmann , however , and Richmann needed only to move his hand a few inches before firing . |