Example sentences of "[prep] a few [noun] he had " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a few minutes he had spoken again . |
| 2 | After a few months he had borrowed enough money to set up a drug store in Sydney . |
| 3 | Within a few minutes he had noticed a scruffy individual walk into the Oak public house , Stoke Row . |
| 4 | At an early age he was apprenticed to the lace trade in Nottingham , but in about 1820 moved to Chard in Somerset , a centre of lace-making , and was so successful that within a few years he had established his own business as a manufacturer of bobbins and bobbin carriages . |
| 5 | Merceron 's political career began in 1787 , and within a few years he had became a vestryman , a tax commissioner , and a justice of the peace . |
| 6 | Within a few days he had received some opinions on it which he transmitted to Pons immediately . |
| 7 | Within a few weeks he had resigned from the party and become the founder of a new movement , the British National Socialist League . |