Example sentences of "he [be] [verb] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the course of filling his lungs he felt as if he were rising a few inches off the ground . |
| 2 | He is putting a few thoughts down on paper . |
| 3 | He is planning a few more encounters before he becomes re-eligible for rugby next September . |
| 4 | He 's taking a few days ’ vacation out there , right now , so Pat and I thought it would be a good idea to let Fred Klepner stand in . |
| 5 | He says that he 's joined a few agencies , with no luck . |
| 6 | He 's made a few of the lads sit up , and now they 've got to take a good , hard look at themselves . ’ |
| 7 | HE 'S DOING a few things differently this time ; he says the album was recorded in a shed and he 's used waste metal for percussion , but elsewhere he 's shuffled further down memory lane . |
| 8 | ‘ He 's making a few phone calls , ’ she said at last . |
| 9 | ‘ He 's spending a few days with Maria Luisa in Valencia on the mainland , ’ Fernando told her at last . |
| 10 | He was strumming a few chords now , one foot up on a stool , and the silence in the little bar was complete . |
| 11 | He was killed a few months later and she died soon after her son was born . |
| 12 | He was ambushed a few hours later and shot dead . |
| 13 | Anyway , he was gone a few minutes , and he came back smelling — you know . |
| 14 | He was staying a few miles away , with the Earl of Carlisle at Castle Howard , and he would be hunting that day with the Lord Middleton 's . |
| 15 | He was released a few hours later . |
| 16 | He was bought a few drinks by workmates then took off on his own , round various bars , to finish the job properly . |
| 17 | He was recaptured a few days later in Liverpool in an operation involving more than 60 police officers and a helicopter . |