Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [det] [noun pl] he " in BNC.
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| 31 | Dexter wondered at first whether it was because he was black or a probationer , but after a few months he was sure it was because of his Jamaican origins . |
| 32 | James faced such intractable problems that after a few months he nearly quit . |
| 33 | ‘ After a few weeks he told her he was going home , and asked her to go with him . |
| 34 | However , the question arises whether the undertaker was aware of the significance of the many trappings he insisted on providing . |
| 35 | There was a momentary hesitation while he considered the implications , but it was one of the many challenges he could n't let go . |
| 36 | There were gifts and handshakes on the top floor of Hinton House as Sir christopher Bade farewell to some of the many friends he has made during his six-year chairmanship . |
| 37 | Anyway , the mosque was one of the many subjects he felt it safest to avoid until he had plucked up the courage to go into one . |
| 38 | Earlier he had heard that a young clerk from the Post Office had shot himself while lying in bed … he had left a young widow , to whom he had been married in Calcutta during the previous cold season ; this act of despair had moved him more than any other of the many deaths he had witnessed since the beginning of the siege ; it was perhaps the fact that the young man had been lying in bed when he had shot himself that the Collector found so sad . |
| 39 | When the meter man came for the last time he spoke of my aunt , and of the many years he had been to the house , so that he felt himself to be almost an old friend . |
| 40 | One of the few things he could instantly recall from his own brief marriage was his wife 's grilling a kipper on a gridiron over the fire . |
| 41 | It was one of the few times he did n't get up and down from trouble , and that put us level . |
| 42 | I tell the truth , honest I do ! " one was shouting , and it and a few others tugged at the lower edges of the few furs he still had on and pulling on his under-breeches where they appeared out of the top of his boots . |
| 43 | But one of the few countries he has not designed for is his homeland Hungary . |
| 44 | He knew that he was in the presence of one of the few men he might recognize as an equal , a kindred spirit . |
| 45 | At 18 , Couples hooked his drive out of bounds , one of the few mistakes he made on a day that turned cold and windy by the time the five-hour 25-minute round had ended . |
| 46 | In fact , it 's one of the few places he 's ever been outside London . |
| 47 | With the relaxed detachment of a man who has an implicit trust in his technology , Vologsky cast his eyes over the bewildering array of instruments which made up the control panel , taking note of the few facts he actually needed to know . |
| 48 | He was horrified that even for a few minutes he could seriously have contemplated such destructive stupidity . |
| 49 | But if you leave a child for a few minutes he may find the pills you keep in the bedside drawer and poison himself . |
| 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 | George drove , not going anywhere , and for a few minutes he said nothing , then : ‘ Ecology . |
| 53 | For a few minutes he remained silent and she wondered where the bright start to the day had gone . |
| 54 | 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 . |
| 55 | My Donald had terrible injuries , yet for a few minutes he lived . |
| 56 | 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 . |
| 57 | 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 . |
| 58 | For a few moments he lay panting , his side heaving in exhaustion . |
| 59 | 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 . |
| 60 | 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 . |