Example sentences of "[art] few [noun] [conj] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the few minutes that he had been preparing dinner , the water drippng from his clothes had formed a pool round his feet . |
| 2 | That morning Wycliffe had heard of the Glynn family for the first time and in the few hours since he had learned something about them ; about Gerald , Gina and Barry , about Christine and Aunt Sara , and about the uncles , Alfred and Maurice . |
| 3 | On the few occasions that he had gone down to The priory with the lad , his parents had treated him as one of the family . |
| 4 | A wild idea occurred to him — why did n't he just get his spare shirts and the few pieces that he 'd picked up while he 'd been staying here , throw them all into a bag , and jump on a train or a bus to present himself on their doorstep ? |
| 5 | Could it be that ? she wondered , in the few seconds before he spoke . |
| 6 | A few moments before he died he rubbed his cheek against our hands desperate for our touch , like a kitten or a very young baby ; in the next he was once again the brave young fighter pilot , and , in a curiously jaunty gesture he put his thumbs up , as though telling control tower he was ready now for take off . |
| 7 | He sat in the driver 's seat to get the feel for a few moments before he started it up . |
| 8 | Patrick awoke briefly during the night and lay awake , confused and troubled for a few moments until he realized where he was . |
| 9 | He lay on his back for a few moments as he always did , then turned onto his right side , arranging himself as if for sleep . |
| 10 | She thought they had started from different points , although she had wanted to marry him after only a few meetings because he ‘ felt good to be with ’ . |
| 11 | Mr Mekgwe was reportedly last seen in the company of three ANC men a few hours before he was due to give evidence . |
| 12 | It 's a few hours before he 's due onstage at the Tower Theater in Houston and Mister C is telling me , in a roundabout way , what his name stands for . |
| 13 | ELVIS PRESLEY 'S last letter , written a few hours before he died , was to an elderly woman he looked on almost as a mother . |
| 14 | Newman recalled briefly his experience at The Nag 's Head a few hours before he ended up in hospital . |
| 15 | It was Ginger who would find him slumped in his bathroom just a few hours after he wrote the letter . |
| 16 | Victor Frankenstein died a few hours after he had written his last word . |
| 17 | In the early evening of 25 August 1944 , a few hours after he had arrived in liberated Paris , de Gaulle stood at a window of the Hôtel de Ville and acknowledged the cheers of thousands of Parisians gathered down below . |
| 18 | Police believe he died a few hours after he was abducted . |
| 19 | No sooner had she begun manufacturing a few defences than he demolished them with a flick of his finger . |
| 20 | If it was , I reckoned I had a few minutes while he walked back there . |
| 21 | But a few minutes after he was launched into the speech he came to a dead stop , stared strangely at the gallery in silence , and could not go on . |
| 22 | For a few minutes after he came in , the rats were quiet . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Professor St John Goth heard a door a few minutes before he last looked at his watch at twelve-forty-five . |
| 25 | He informs his head of security only a few minutes before he wants to go somewhere , not trusting even him . |
| 26 | We talked for a few minutes and he was in great spirits . |
| 27 | Yeah , even on the phone our Rob rings up and er , he 'll speak to me for a few minutes and he speaks |
| 28 | and Clifford , no Clifford said , the lads to each other are we going out again dad you know cos oh Margaret was in , yes , and there was some other boys , the boy across the road was eating something and the boys said and Clifford said do you mind if I just sit in the chair and be quiet for just a few minutes and he just sat in the chair and had his heart attack |
| 29 | He did this a few times before he realised the result would always be the same . |
| 30 | Hector McDarroch , on the other band , seemed to take a pleasure in showing off his grisly implements , filling the long-needled syringe right in front of my eyes and squirting the cocaine ceilingwards a few times before he started on me . |