Example sentences of "[art] few [noun] he " in BNC.

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31 For a few moments he did n't seem to realise she was there .
32 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 .
33 After a few moments he realized they were flying on an interception course .
34 For a few moments he sat at the receiver , listening to the hollow hum of vacant ether , recovering .
35 As he put his hand in his pocket to withdraw a few coins he knew that he was lost .
36 In which case there would be no capital for him to start up again other than Tommy 's back pay and a few pounds he 'd managed to save himself .
37 Within a few hours he cancelled on the grounds that the subject was ‘ too sensitive ’ — some twelve years after the amalgamation of his library had taken place .
38 ‘ Plus a few sketches he left behind , ’ added Reid .
39 A caricaturist look at a face and extracts the significant features so that with a few lines he creates a likeness .
40 After a few minutes he heaved himself out of bed , but his leg let him down and he fell backwards .
41 It seemed like a complete breakdown ; but after a few minutes he saw that they were playing as if they had always played this way .
42 Within a few minutes he had noticed a scruffy individual walk into the Oak public house , Stoke Row .
43 After a few minutes he had spoken again .
44 He was horrified that even for a few minutes he could seriously have contemplated such destructive stupidity .
45 I did so and after a few minutes he said , ‘ Good enough , now you can continue in English . ’
46 After a few minutes he replaces it with something more conducive to conversation , the Neville Brothers ' ‘ Yellow Moon ’ .
47 But if you leave a child for a few minutes he may find the pills you keep in the bedside drawer and poison himself .
48 ‘ Frankie would buy a wonderful new suit and within a few minutes he 'd look as though he 'd slept in it .
49 I was told how to contact him in Rome and within a few minutes he was on the line .
50 It was too late to save the rick , so for a few minutes he stood and stared at the flames .
51 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 .
52 After a few minutes he raised his head and was now sitting motionless , pale and haggard but controlled , while Iris , her eyes moist with sympathetic tears , stood silently and helplessly by .
53 George drove , not going anywhere , and for a few minutes he said nothing , then : ‘ Ecology .
54 For a few minutes he remained silent and she wondered where the bright start to the day had gone .
55 After a few minutes he came back and locked the door behind him .
56 In a few minutes he was ready .
57 After a few minutes he burst into our room with a shocked look on his face .
58 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 .
59 My Donald had terrible injuries , yet for a few minutes he lived .
60 That you se it was , it was on here a few times he talks deliberately , and rather slow
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