Example sentences of "[vb pp] him [prep] a few [noun pl] " 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 | A 13-month-old London boy drowned when he fell off a ‘ topple-proof ’ bath chair while his mother had left him for a few moments . |
5 | ‘ To have banned him for a few months would have been one thing , but to take him to court and ban him for life seemed to defeat the object of the exercise . ’ |