Example sentences of "he [verb] [art] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Shall I tell him to wait a few minutes , Inspector ? |
2 | I 've seen him play over the years er Mick , you know he 's er typical of player , we 've had him watched a few times this year , er scouts him er at Aston Villa , said he had a magnificent game . |
3 | It was Blackberry who bullied the stupefied Pipkin to his feet and forced him to limp the few yards to the gravel spit . |
4 | The role gave Dustin plenty of scope to demonstrate his versatility , even allowing him to warble a few songs , including a vaudeville fish ditty , and to dance with beer cans strapped to the soles of his feet . |
5 | I 'd like to see him have a few failures and see how he handles that . ’ |
6 | I saw him play a few times last year when they were still in the premier div. and was fairly impressed however I have n't seen his form this season and I 'm sure a year in Div.1 wo n't have improved him . |
7 | " That 'll make him ask a few questions , " he thought . |
8 | He made a few passes and the castle diminished and shrank , as you see it now , and he made a pass or two more and it was walled with glass as you see . |
9 | He made a few records under the name of Joe Ritchie . |
10 | I mean , he made a few comments a but nothing that anybody could tell . |
11 | Nevertheless he made a few feints out of sheer exuberance , suggested a turn with his hips , moved at right-angles to his forward path with no loss of speed , changed step three times in successive strides , kicking hard on the last change and accelerating away in the joy of being able to run for ever . |
12 | He made a few enquiries and was able to track down the thieves . |
13 | In any case , he made feeble efforts to help me get him to his left foot , and with my almost total support he made the few hops to reach the boat , though I could see it hurt him sorely . |
14 | He stabbed a few keypads to make the point . |
15 | He chanced a few casts and by the end of the season he had taken more than a dozen good trout . |
16 | Anyhow , he got a few horses from Besthorpe Hall , and one or two of the little farms ; and he jogged along until the time came when Mr Flowerdew came into Diss on a market day , and he saw my grandfather . |
17 | Deane was playing well out of position acting as a left wing , to such an extent that he got a few crosses in during the first half . |
18 | He got a few yards down , he said so I said well have yo you have n't come round to view the house today have you ? |
19 | When Molly Gibson in Wives and Daughters ( 1866 ) has been to visit the Towers , her father declares that he had expected to find her so ‘ polite and ceremonious ’ that he read a few chapters of Sir Charles Grandison in order to bring himself up to concert pitch . |
20 | He read the few lines through , then closed his eyes for a moment before reading aloud . |
21 | He tried a few jokes to breach their blandness . |
22 | He tried a few handles . |
23 | ‘ And I think that if he has a few problems at Liverpool at first , he 'll hang on and try and make things work . |
24 | He has a few swigs and then . |
25 | He has a few years on me — maybe ten — and sometimes he treats me like the son he never had . |
26 | For he has a few ideas of his own . |
27 | He has a few suggestions for those tempted to try aerial photography . |
28 | This time he carried in one hand , carefully cupped , a broad leaf filled with honey ; in the other hand he grasped a few nuts which he thrust out to Marian with an air of uncertainty as though he feared they might be rejected as the maggots were . |
29 | I think he needs a few drinks ! ’ |
30 | He walked down the quay without looking back , but he must have known I was watching him for he stopped a few yards short of his car and very ostentatiously took the incriminating chart from his jacket pocket . |