Example sentences of "he [verb] [adv prt] [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even if I allow him to scribble down a few paragraphs of his own fiction ( and I do not see why I should ) it still follows that any words he might write must in the first instance be composed by me . |
| 2 | When she saw a test of it she was extremely pleased and told him to run off a few hundred yards . |
| 3 | ‘ I sometimes wonder what people must think to hear him haggling over a few dollars . |
| 4 | He jumped into the shower and felt a little better when he got out a few seconds later . |
| 5 | He moved back a few paces and , without pausing to think , took a running leap out into the chasm between the two houses . |
| 6 | He staggered back a few steps and , massaging his face , mumbled in complete astonishment to nobody in particular : ‘ He hit me ! ’ |
| 7 | So I told him all I found out like , when he came down a few days later he gave me two fifty , er two pound ten as it was then you know I was amazed at |
| 8 | He woke up a few minutes later . |
| 9 | I only know that he turned up a few hours after the accident and got into some row with the head copper . |
| 10 | You said he turned up a few hours after the event , so it seems likely he left London at short notice . |
| 11 | Should he dash off a few writs ? |
| 12 | And just to prove it , he crooned out a few bars in an impressively melodious baritone : ‘ Nice people with nice habits , and got no money at all . ’ |
| 13 | He switched on a few lights , took off his coat and tie and rolled up his sleeves , then he pottered around the kitchen making himself a good night mug of milkless tea . |
| 14 | When he 's finished his ballet routine — ‘ Lots of people come to see what Joe Mangle is going to do , and when I appear on stage doing my best arabesque , you can feel people thinking ‘ Oh no , he 's really lost the plot ’ — he throws out a few one-liners . |
| 15 | In order to survive , he took on a few composition pupils , including the daughter of the Duc de Guines , who was an outstanding flautist and harpist . |
| 16 | Carefully he sorted out a few chips on his plate . |
| 17 | Turry has to be the best-armed hero of all time and when he picks up a few power-ups you 'd think he was invincible . |
| 18 | Lissa did as she was told , and obligingly he tapped out a few words on the keyboard . |
| 19 | He picked up a few tricks of the trade as he progressed . |