Example sentences of "he [verb] [conj] [prep] [art] few " in BNC.

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1 He says that in a few years gas will become expensive , and coal will be waiting in the wings as a cheap form of energy .
2 He turned and after a few seconds said :
3 He dialled and after a few rings a female voice answered .
4 Tonight there was a moon , starlight even , and he knew that after a few minutes away from the house it would be possible for her to see with surprising clarity ; but moon or no moon , it seemed to make little difference to her and she 'd been spending hours abroad at even the deepest , darkest point in the cycle .
5 Part of him wants to get back to the security of home but he knows that after a few weeks there he might long for the contacts , communication and craziness of the multi-media scheme .
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