Example sentences of "[vb past] his [noun] [art] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lifted and dropped his shoulders a few times , he 'd seen people do it when they tried on clothes in stores . |
| 2 | She could look back down on her twenty-two years and see a tall handsome man , and she recalled his words a few minutes ago , ‘ Sorrow does n't last . ’ |
| 3 | Sonny shook his head a few times , trying to clear his fuddled senses . |
| 4 | He simply shook his head a few times and went on grinning . |
| 5 | The boy raised his arm a few inches higher . |
| 6 | Doone clicked his pen a few times , then at the bottom wrote Lewis Everard . |
| 7 | It took his eyes a few seconds to get accustomed to the gloom then he darted inside and ducked down behind a rusty skip close to the door . |
| 8 | He has had the great distinction of having to deny past intelligence experience — when the former Cabinet Secretary made his allegation a few years ago . |
| 9 | He cleared his throat a few times and groaned like an aged dog in pain . |