Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] [noun pl] [subord] he " in BNC.

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1 After a few months though he seemed to accept the situation .
2 For a few minutes after he came in , the rats were quiet .
3 He sat in the driver 's seat to get the feel for a few moments before he started it up .
4 Patrick awoke briefly during the night and lay awake , confused and troubled for a few moments until he realized where he was .
5 He lay on his back for a few moments as he always did , then turned onto his right side , arranging himself as if for sleep .
6 I think my father used to work in a university for a few years after he graduated , and he might have invented something ; he occasionally hints that he gets some sort of royalty from a patent or something , but I suspect the old hippy survives on whatever family wealth the Cauldhames still have secreted away .
7 The fact was that Charles gave up shooting for a few years because he had simply grown bored with it : it was too easy to blast away overfed birds frightened into the air by a band of beaters .
8 I looked after him for a few days before he died . ’
9 Just as I had n't minded when asked if I would like to take care of Jeffrey Bernard for a few days while he was in Sydney to promote the play about himself , Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell , which is currently playing here .
10 The mother 's death is portrayed in a macabre scene where Walter is unsure whether she has died , or even what death is , and allows the corpse to rot for a few days while he sits by her side .
11 Like everyone else on holiday , he thought he had ‘ got away from it all ’ for a few days until he arrived at the famous White Horse Inn and was confronted by … fellow Fellow ( ! )
12 Harris paused for a few seconds while he negotiated the cabriolet over some deep ruts in the high road .
13 They back off six inches and then charge like two bulls , with the female grasping the male by the bottom lip for a few seconds before he escapes .
14 He gazed calmly for a few seconds before he lifted his hand in greeting .
15 He shaded his eyes and blinked for a few seconds until he had adjusted to the change .
16 Melissa watched for a few seconds as he worked , apparently impervious to the heat , then turned back to where the others were waiting .
17 Andy had n't meant any more than his pressing need to stay in for a few weeks till he had made more headway with his revision .
18 The regime thus charged him with damage of government property and jailed him for a few months until he was released under a general amnesty .
19 At the 13th , Woosnam was heckled and a cheer went up from a few spectators as he put his drive into the creek .
20 If , by any chance , you have a way of passing on messages to Frank ( via the supporters club maybe ) — Im sure all of us wish him the best … and hope to see him back here at Leeds in a few years so he can be 1st choice .
21 Vincent liked to have him sitting drowsily on the floor of his studio on a few sacks while he worked .
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