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

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1 It was too late to save the rick , so for a few minutes he stood and stared at the flames .
2 He delivered the letter , together with a few flowers he 'd nicked from a cemetery .
3 He was horrified that even for a few minutes he could seriously have contemplated such destructive stupidity .
4 Then for a few seconds he said nothing .
5 You 'll take him home with you to avoid gossip , and then in a few days he 'll be fit enough to leave the country . ’
6 My Donald had terrible injuries , yet for a few minutes he lived .
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