Example sentences of "his [noun] for [art] few [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Cos Grant 's gone off to play with his computer for a few minutes .
2 Alexia held his glance for a few moments , a furrow between her eyebrows , and dropped the subject .
3 For suppose that he , tired as he must be , closes his eyes for a few moments .
4 The vicar says he 'll can live of his savings for a few weeks , but if there 's still no escape from the dole he 'll have to return to Greece .
5 It remained his seat for a few months short of thirty years .
6 He patted his pockets for a few moments .
7 I went over to his home for a few days to sort out helmet and leather contracts .
8 Andrew Beattie was allowed a visit by his wife for a few minutes around half-past one and for the first time he learned that no strike organisers had been arrested other than in the Rathcoole district .
9 Liz had continued to live at home with her parents , but she was now thinking about going to stay with her brother and his wife for a few weeks .
10 He lay on his back for a few moments as he always did , then turned onto his right side , arranging himself as if for sleep .
11 It is not unknown for barbel to pull a rod into the water with a speed and viciousness that has to be seen to be believed , even when the angler has only glanced away from his rod for a few seconds .
12 He sat , shaking , before his a.i. for a few minutes , realising that , whatever he 'd thought before , the following procedures might prove even more risky than the persona transfer itself .
13 Everything he owned just to have it in his hands for a few hours .
14 Dr McNab had Come to the door of his ward for a few moments to watch the heating of the bath-water ; then with a sigh and a shake of his head he had retired inside again .
15 Hawkins considered his glass for a few moments , then looked up at Talbot .
16 After fiddling with the stem of his glass for a few seconds , he looked straight at her and said :
17 If she missed his letters for a few days , she would probably stop taking him for granted .
18 He turned on the guards who held Harry between them , and looked at his prisoner for a few minutes in silence .
19 After listening to it on his headphones for a few minutes , Syrian George stopped the tape , looked Mikalis up and down and turned to Coleman .
20 David Puttnam will be going round with a quiet smile on his face for a few days .
21 He eventually got the girl to agree to a date and walked around with an idiot smile on his face for the few weeks beforehand .
22 Of course there were those who remained staunch , Guy reminded himself , as he reached into his tunic for a few coins .
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