Example sentences of "for a few [noun pl] he [was/were] " in BNC.
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1 | For a few moments he was content to look at the maid 's face and the way the orange firelight lent it strength and mystery . |
2 | For a few moments he was content to hold her , then the solar spun before Isabel 's vision as she was lifted into fitzAlan 's arms . |
3 | For a few years he was a lecturer in divinity at Hertford College and in 1911 published A Gospel Monogram . |
4 | Having worked at Billingham for a few years he was appointed as a commissioning engineer for an ammonia plant in Canada before moving in 1985 to manage the leading concept ammonia [ LCA ] plant at Severnside , Avonmouth . |
5 | For a few seconds he was too shocked to speak and Rebecque assumed that the silence merely expressed Sharpe 's horror at being ordered to a ball , but then the Rifleman exploded with his news . |