Example sentences of "for a few [noun pl] he [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , I was there , behind the bar , standing in for Marcus , for a few minutes he said , more like two hours , so I saw it all develop . |
| 2 | George drove , not going anywhere , and for a few minutes he said nothing , then : ‘ Ecology . |
| 3 | My Donald had terrible injuries , yet for a few minutes he lived . |
| 4 | Then , after going on like that for a few minutes he took my hand and said , ‘ Faith you were absolutely rubbish ! ’ with that famous dead-pan expression . |
| 5 | For a few minutes he remained silent and she wondered where the bright start to the day had gone . |
| 6 | It was too late to save the rick , so for a few minutes he stood and stared at the flames . |
| 7 | For a few moments he lay panting , his side heaving in exhaustion . |
| 8 | For a few moments he did n't seem to realise she was there . |
| 9 | For a few moments he watched them , and hearing their laughter and seeing the flush of innocent enjoyment in their faces he felt a sudden bitter pang of resentment that they should have their youth still and be free to enjoy it . |
| 10 | He had dropped his telescope ; for a few moments he groped on the floor beside the window , but he no longer needed the telescope ; he could see perfectly well without it . |
| 11 | For a few moments he sat at the receiver , listening to the hollow hum of vacant ether , recovering . |
| 12 | The kid gets on his bicycle ; for a few moments he wears the expression of someone who had just been made aware of his own mortality . |
| 13 | His hotel room had three beds , and for a few days he shared it with two German boys , students , who had enormous rucksacks and bulky guidebooks , and who were eager for Tim to go round with them . |
| 14 | He had also brought a chess manual , because he had heard that children could play chess brilliantly , but after ski-ing with Sam for a few days he decided that there was no call to be beaten by a five-year-old at two things at once . |
| 15 | Then for a few seconds he said nothing . |
| 16 | For a few seconds he stared at me , still grinning and blinking . |
| 17 | For a few seconds he did n't speak , and just watched us . |
| 18 | He was so astonished that for a few seconds he stood where he was and when he did turn round he could see the top of the wall , the delicate pattern of wire mesh against the sky , and hear running footsteps . |
| 19 | For a few months he stood on a European par with Adler and Liebknecht and tried to take responsibility for Russians interned after the Brest–Litovsk peace . |