Example sentences of "[prep] he a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the evening she caught sight of him a few times , always dancing , holding his partners very close , and managing to avoid her eyes . |
| 2 | ‘ Dylan as an actor and as an explosive performing force was a dangerous rival for other actors , as I know , for I worked with him a few times or several , and once for instance a director [ Douglas Cleverdon ] said to him — we were rehearsing a radio play at the time — Dylan , will you take the words ‘ Mam ! |
| 3 | I 'd gone out with him a few times — pictures in Penzance , that sort of thing , and father being away … |
| 4 | Oh she knew the bloke , she 'd be she 'd been out with him a few times before right , he 's , he 's not a bad bloke but like I said like I said erm but he 's respect for her I said to her |
| 5 | and me go off , I would n't do that without really you know , having been out with him a few times . |
| 6 | During the meeting with him a few months before his death which was recorded in an article published in the London Review , Philip Roth found him as keen as mustard : here was someone who listened , with the intent stillness of a chipmunk . |
| 7 | ‘ I got a letter from him a few days later , sent to the travel agents . |
| 8 | now I was reading about him a few days ago |
| 9 | Thornaby skipper Mike Priestley will be hoping he can repeat that feat for him a few times this season . |
| 10 | He always paid now , they were on the dole , two reminders of what it had been like for him a few months ago . |
| 11 | The instinctive warning came to him a few minutes after he had cleared a small brook in an easy leap , and resumed the even rhythm of his distance-eating stride . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'd spoken to him a few times , ’ Avril recalls . |
| 13 | I just barged up to him a few times during the evening and in the end he said , ‘ Alright then , let's hear you sing ’ and he was impressed . |
| 14 | ‘ I 've spoken to him a few times and he 's the epitome of a true warrior . |
| 15 | To him a few years ago : You are my finest invention . |
| 16 | When I went up to check on him a few minutes ago , his bed was empty and cold ; it had n't been slept in . |