Example sentences of "that [prep] [art] few [noun] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was so astonished that for a few seconds he stood where he was and when he did turn round he could see the top of the wall , the delicate pattern of wire mesh against the sky , and hear running footsteps . |
| 2 | James faced such intractable problems that after a few months he nearly quit . |
| 3 | A caricaturist look at a face and extracts the significant features so that with a few lines he creates a likeness . |
| 4 | At an early age he was apprenticed to the lace trade in Nottingham , but in about 1820 moved to Chard in Somerset , a centre of lace-making , and was so successful that within a few years he had established his own business as a manufacturer of bobbins and bobbin carriages . |
| 5 | She smiled down at him and realized that in the few weeks he 'd been with her he had not only put on weight but had grown a few inches in height too . |