Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] he for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She laughed silently at herself ; she had only known him for a few hours , and here she was , assessing his character as if he were an old and true friend . |
| 2 | It 's ridiculous — I 've only known him for a few weeks . |
| 3 | ‘ You 've only known him for a few months ! ’ |
| 4 | The education process which the 1970s building surveyor had undergone in the fifties and early sixties had not equipped him for a meaningful and identifiable role in the profession of the seventies . |
| 5 | She is pursued by Mr Lillyvick , whom she marries , but soon deserts him for a retired naval captain . |
| 6 | But because it 's so authentic people often mistake him for a real policeman . |
| 7 | It was when I had n't seen him for a long time and I was all wound up . |
| 8 | She was still searching for the right words to describe how she felt when he suddenly got up and went to meet more guests , and she did n't see him for a long time . |
| 9 | She did n't see him for a few days after that , and had time to wonder why she had made it all up . |
| 10 | And it 's rather a good thing this one did look like a tramp , ’ she added , ‘ because you might not have talked to him if you had n't mistaken him for a poor old man , and he would n't have learned anything about Brownies , and we should n't be going to continue to enjoy the use of his lovely Park . |
| 11 | Unwelcome tears threatened again to expose him for a big softie . |