Example sentences of "[prep] him [prep] [art] few [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I looked after him for a few days before he died . ’ |
| 2 | We stood and stared after him for a few seconds , then one of the mortar team behind me remarked . |
| 3 | Dora glared after him for a few seconds before turning away and striding across the garden towards the orchard . |
| 4 | Whereupon I fell about in my chair at this with an effective simulacrum of sycophancy , then matadored the old charm around in front of him for a few minutes , and before you could say fundador Walt was on his knees begging me for the coup de grâce . |
| 5 | But Kirk 's reputation went ahead of him for a few years to come . |
| 6 | Will talked with him for a few minutes , then gave him a penny . |
| 7 | You know he 's twenty two , twenty three years old , you know , you know whatever he 's doing he 's liable to be with him for a few years yet and what can one see |
| 8 | The children skipped along with him for a few yards and he saw how beguiling their faces were , the large dark eyes , the straggle of thick black hair , the earnest looks of desperate innocence . |
| 9 | ‘ Good , tell him I 'll be with him in a few minutes … and Bourne , notify Dr Franks . ’ |
| 10 | She left her office at about five forty-five , saw Naylor 's Jaguar in the car park and went weak at the knees about him for a few seconds , then she determinedly got into her own car and drove home . |
| 11 | This fellow Simon , you read about him in a few verses earlier , he was a , he was a magician , a so , er a sorcerer , he was the , the wi the witch doctor if you like , if he was in i i in an African situation , there he was , he was the medicine man of the town , of the area and he too believed and was converted , he was baptized , and he was amazed at the miracles that he 'd seen being performed by Philip through the power of God . |
| 12 | The thing is you 've got to it 's it 's like Nigel , I mean , he works for my uncle erm and he had the other guy Mark working for him for a few years and then he employed Nigel , but Mark was n't a fully qualified plumber and Nigel was and he 's ooh I do n't know about I think he 's about nineteen or no he 's about twenty three I think , yeah |
| 13 | And do n't forget , Joe was with me , and you know how careful he is. lee was at the party and one of the maids told me that she took him out of the party and spoke to him for a few minutes . |
| 14 | Hart listened to him for a few minutes , shouted hello to his brothers who were sitting outside and wished the boy luck . |
| 15 | Just to talk to him for a few minutes … |
| 16 | " I did n't know him — I only spoke to him for a few minutes , but David Fairfax recognised him . " |
| 17 | ‘ Well , just let us talk to him for a few moments , ’ said one of them . |
| 18 | The woman stared at him for a few moments as she mulled over his offer . |
| 19 | Alec stared at him for a few seconds , then walked out into the heat and glare of the mid-day sun . |
| 20 | Kypov shouted at him across the few metres that separated them , and the breath spouted white from the Major 's mouth . |
| 21 | Beside myself with rage , I crouched , shook my fist under his nose and yelled at him from a few inches ' range . |