Example sentences of "[prep] ten [noun pl] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | He says , ‘ All right , 125 ’ ; and then after ten minutes he says , ‘ On your way , ’ so I got dressed and went out and thought , ‘ Now I 'm for it , ’ but I heard nothing more . |
| 2 | Disappointed , he returns to his rooms and consoles himself by looking through his collection of photographs of ten boys he has loved . |
| 3 | In a period of ten years he recorded at least thirty proven cases of clairvoyance between himself , or his wife , and a horse . |
| 4 | For ten hours he watches the lovely squirrel lips , the high , paysanne cheekbones , the smoky eyes , the darkly glowing hair , the nervously crossed legs , the langoustine fingers , the half-risen , brioche breasts . |
| 5 | For ten minutes he becomes a wandering minstrel , illuminated by the bass-player following him with a torch from the stage . |
| 6 | For ten years he had been her constant companion . |
| 7 | For ten years he had lived this lonely life , his heart full of sadness and his head full of dark dreams . |
| 8 | For ten years he combined his work at the hospital with a specialist practice in mental deficiency at Earlswood . |
| 9 | In 1858–9 he was in the service of the Admiralty , before returning to south Wales , where for ten years he was engineer-in-chief and general manager of the Sirhowy Tramroad , which he converted into a standard railway . |
| 10 | In 1923 he obtained two consultant posts as children 's physician , one at the Queen 's Hospital for Children , where for ten years he was in charge of the London county council rheumatic and heart clinic , and the other at Paddington Green Children 's Hospital , where he continued to work for nearly forty years . |
| 11 | When he had been on this diet for ten days he was tested with various foods . |
| 12 | They put their cases in the boot and within ten minutes he was leaving the outskirts of Brussels , heading east for Liège — the opposite direction to Bruges . |
| 13 | Within ten minutes he was on the move again but came towards me very fast and swam into the weeds that formed the roof over the hole where I had hooked him in the first place . |
| 14 | Within ten minutes he was back . |
| 15 | He liked their deference and he liked their gin , and within ten minutes he was explaining to them exactly how the daily supply of crosswords in a newspaper was maintained . |
| 16 | Within ten seconds he saw the silhouette of someone approaching beyond the glass . |
| 17 | Within ten years he had conquered the other tribes along the Mad Dog Pass and subjugated the Night Goblin tribes that lived around and under Thunder Mountain . |
| 18 | He decided to brew a long-lasting , high quality version of this porter and within ten years he was exporting his ‘ Guinness Extra Strong Porter ’ to London . |
| 19 | In ten days he aims to teach the six to walk properly on a lead , sit when told , lie down and stay and return to their owners from any distraction . |
| 20 | But one day , as he sat by a mountain stream , he actually looked at a flower , and for the first time in ten years he realized how beautiful something living could be . |
| 21 | But er he , he ca n't wait to get back , well he says he 's now ten days to ten days he told me . |