Example sentences of "him [prep] [art] [noun sg] [conj] two " in BNC.
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| 1 | Theo was about to travel from The Hague to Etten , en route for a new post in Paris , and Vincent pressed him to ‘ leave the train ’ on the second leg of his journey and stay with him for a day or two . |
| 2 | I have n't seen him for a day or two , ’ said the girl , ‘ but he usually comes in about now . ’ |
| 3 | We 'll leave him for a minute or two , then I 'll test his reflexes . ’ |
| 4 | Charity gazed at him for a second or two . |
| 5 | She only fought him for a moment or two . |
| 6 | " When I go on holiday Con always takes him for a week or two and he has never mentioned any … anything unusual … in that way . " |
| 7 | Would Mrs Crump be less happy with him in a year or two than she was with Crump now ? |
| 8 | That brought him within a mile or two of Stoke St Gregory , down the steep incline and on to the Levels , where a family of Titfords had once made their home as long ago as the end of the 16th century . |
| 9 | He stood no taller than his daughter , probably she exceeded him by an inch or two , but he had the shoulders of a bull , and a great head of brindled brown hair laced with grey , like his short , square beard . |