Example sentences of "for a few [noun pl] [subord] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a few minutes after he came in , the rats were quiet . |
| 2 | He sat in the driver 's seat to get the feel for a few moments before he started it up . |
| 3 | Patrick awoke briefly during the night and lay awake , confused and troubled for a few moments until he realized where he was . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I looked after him for a few days before he died . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 ( ! ) |
| 11 | Harris paused for a few seconds while he negotiated the cabriolet over some deep ruts in the high road . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | He gazed calmly for a few seconds before he lifted his hand in greeting . |
| 14 | He shaded his eyes and blinked for a few seconds until he had adjusted to the change . |
| 15 | Melissa watched for a few seconds as he worked , apparently impervious to the heat , then turned back to where the others were waiting . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |