Example sentences of "his [noun sg] [prep] a [det] [noun] " 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 | Dorcas vaguely recalled an elderly nome who had once decided that he was a teapot , but he 'd changed his mind after a few days . |
| 4 | It remained his seat for a few months short of thirty years . |
| 5 | I went over to his home for a few days to sort out helmet and leather contracts . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | He is about the inn all day , speaks broken English , and in acknowledgment of any kindness will show the suppleness of his old bones by standing on his head for a little time . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Darlington Liberal Democrats have supported the party 's national leader Paddy Ashdown 's forthrightness in his recent response to the news of his affair with a former secretary . |
| 12 | Cambridge United are standing by manager John Beck following the disclosure of his affair with a former beauty queen . |
| 13 | To give the farcical complications a kick-start , Poiret asks us to believe that a man , finding himself in this predicament , would try to pass the bimbo off as his daughter from a former marriage , and that the girl , required to account for her surprise visit , would blurt out that she was pregnant . |
| 14 | Vincent liked to have him sitting drowsily on the floor of his studio on a few sacks while he worked . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Hawkins considered his glass for a few moments , then looked up at Talbot . |
| 17 | After fiddling with the stem of his glass for a few seconds , he looked straight at her and said : |
| 18 | That 's one of the occupational hazards of listening to people talking football — Docherty talking through his arse for a few quid . |
| 19 | He turned on the guards who held Harry between them , and looked at his prisoner for a few minutes in silence . |
| 20 | David Puttnam will be going round with a quiet smile on his face for a few days . |
| 21 | Mr Heath was a directive leader of the Cabinet but confined , his interest to a few areas ( EEC , incomes policy , and Northern Ireland ) . |
| 22 | Of course there were those who remained staunch , Guy reminded himself , as he reached into his tunic for a few coins . |