Example sentences of "[art] few [noun] [subord] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Could it be that ? she wondered , in the few seconds before he spoke . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | He sat in the driver 's seat to get the feel for a few moments before he started it up . |
| 5 | Patrick awoke briefly during the night and lay awake , confused and troubled for a few moments until he realized where he was . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 ’ . |
| 8 | Mr Mekgwe was reportedly last seen in the company of three ANC men a few hours before he was due to give evidence . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ELVIS PRESLEY 'S last letter , written a few hours before he died , was to an elderly woman he looked on almost as a mother . |
| 11 | Newman recalled briefly his experience at The Nag 's Head a few hours before he ended up in hospital . |
| 12 | It was Ginger who would find him slumped in his bathroom just a few hours after he wrote the letter . |
| 13 | Victor Frankenstein died a few hours after he had written his last word . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Police believe he died a few hours after he was abducted . |
| 16 | No sooner had she begun manufacturing a few defences than he demolished them with a flick of his finger . |
| 17 | If it was , I reckoned I had a few minutes while he walked back there . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | For a few minutes after he came in , the rats were quiet . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Professor St John Goth heard a door a few minutes before he last looked at his watch at twelve-forty-five . |
| 22 | He informs his head of security only a few minutes before he wants to go somewhere , not trusting even him . |
| 23 | He did this a few times before he realised the result would always be the same . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | So let me just say a few things before he does arrive , and catch his breath and perhaps have a cup of tea , on , on a topic which we , it 's not fully listed but I think is worth just mentioning , and that is writing for the press , because it may occur to you and in fact you may yourself on occasions , write things for the press . |
| 26 | ‘ And anyway , ’ whispered another voice , and one that was rather more matter-of-fact because it was her own , ‘ there 's a young eagle out there called Creggan who needs to know a few things if he 's going to survive and be free . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ So he had a few puffs before he grabbed her round the neck and got on with the job … ’ |
| 28 | He dropped a few matches as he fumbled disconsolately with his smoking equipment . |
| 29 | He climbed up the steps , pipe in mouth , grunted out a few words as he entered the attic and blew the lamp out , plunging them all into total darkness . |
| 30 | Without consulting the master layout plan I have no idea which square yard H24/V72 occupies on the pitch , once the biggest in England until former manager Billy Bremner lopped off a few yards because he thought it put the team at a disadvantage when playing away ( they must now be regretting all those lost square yards they could be selling ) . |