Example sentences of "he for [art] few [noun pl] [conj] " in BNC.
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1 | The woman stared at him for a few moments as she mulled over his offer . |
2 | The regime thus charged him with damage of government property and jailed him for a few months until he was released under a general amnesty . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | 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 |
5 | As I stood watching him for a few seconds and looking at the damage to his farm buildings and the dead and wounded cattle around the orchard , I thought to myself . |
6 | I looked after him for a few days before he died . ’ |