Example sentences of "for a few [noun pl] [conj] he " in BNC.

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1 For a few minutes after he came in , the rats were quiet .
2 We talked for a few minutes and he was in great spirits .
3 Yeah , even on the phone our Rob rings up and er , he 'll speak to me for a few minutes and he speaks
4 He sat in the driver 's seat to get the feel for a few moments before he started it up .
5 Patrick awoke briefly during the night and lay awake , confused and troubled for a few moments until he realized where he was .
6 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 .
7 I think my father used to work in a university for a few years after he graduated , and he might have invented something ; he occasionally hints that he gets some sort of royalty from a patent or something , but I suspect the old hippy survives on whatever family wealth the Cauldhames still have secreted away .
8 The fact was that Charles gave up shooting for a few years because he had simply grown bored with it : it was too easy to blast away overfed birds frightened into the air by a band of beaters .
9 Now actually Mill did put the his erm this proposal forward , he was a member of parliament for a few years and he was trying to get this discussed in parliament .
10 I looked after him for a few days before he died . ’
11 Just as I had n't minded when asked if I would like to take care of Jeffrey Bernard for a few days while he was in Sydney to promote the play about himself , Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell , which is currently playing here .
12 The mother 's death is portrayed in a macabre scene where Walter is unsure whether she has died , or even what death is , and allows the corpse to rot for a few days while he sits by her side .
13 But Steve had gone off with Maria Luisa for a few days and he was n't thinking about work , that was for sure , and she had n't her freedom anyway !
14 Like everyone else on holiday , he thought he had ‘ got away from it all ’ for a few days until he arrived at the famous White Horse Inn and was confronted by … fellow Fellow ( ! )
15 Harris paused for a few seconds while he negotiated the cabriolet over some deep ruts in the high road .
16 They back off six inches and then charge like two bulls , with the female grasping the male by the bottom lip for a few seconds before he escapes .
17 He gazed calmly for a few seconds before he lifted his hand in greeting .
18 another driver says he came off in a field saw stars for a few seconds but he 's alright …
19 He shaded his eyes and blinked for a few seconds until he had adjusted to the change .
20 Melissa watched for a few seconds as he worked , apparently impervious to the heat , then turned back to where the others were waiting .
21 Andy had n't meant any more than his pressing need to stay in for a few weeks till he had made more headway with his revision .
22 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 .
23 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 .
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