Example sentences of "his [noun] [art] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The boy raised his arm a few inches higher . |
| 32 | Hill House , the new home which Harry Pascoe had had built for himself and his family a few years before , stood in solitary grandeur on the high ground out towards Townsend 's Farm . |
| 33 | Cranston smiled and leaned closer , his face a few inches from that of the apothecary . |
| 34 | Corbett leaned over , putting his hands on the arms of the chair , his face a few inches away from de Craon 's . |
| 35 | But he 's still mainly known either for having had Grace in his face a few years back , or as the third meatboy in line after Stallone and Scharzenegger ; one of that strange Eighties breed of actors who can manage all kinds of complicated weapons , but have trouble with lines of dialogue longer than ten words . |
| 36 | He cleared his throat a few times and groaned like an aged dog in pain . |