Example sentences of "and [prep] a [adj] [noun pl] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | George drove , not going anywhere , and for a few minutes he said nothing , then : ‘ Ecology . |
| 2 | His hotel room had three beds , and for a few days he shared it with two German boys , students , who had enormous rucksacks and bulky guidebooks , and who were eager for Tim to go round with them . |
| 3 | I did so and after a few minutes he said , ‘ Good enough , now you can continue in English . ’ |
| 4 | He became ill , and after a few days he died in my arms . |
| 5 | Luke had tensed as she touched him , and after a few seconds he flung her hand off , the violence of the gesture silencing her abruptly . |
| 6 | ‘ Frankie would buy a wonderful new suit and within a few minutes he 'd look as though he 'd slept in it . |
| 7 | I was told how to contact him in Rome and within a few minutes he was on the line . |
| 8 | Merceron 's political career began in 1787 , and within a few years he had became a vestryman , a tax commissioner , and a justice of the peace . |
| 9 | Coleridge and Sara began their married life more conventionally , and within a few days he was writing in enraptured terms to Tom Poole from their ‘ comfortable Cot ’ in Clevedon : ‘ the prospect around us is perhaps more various than any in the kingdom — Mine Eye gluttonizes. — The Sea — the distant Islands ! the opposite Coasts ! — I shall assuredly write Rhymes — let the nine Muses prevent it , if they can . ’ |
| 10 | He told us that , at the time was unemployed , and within a few days he even gave the date and place where she signed on for unemployment benefit . |