Example sentences of "a [det] [adj] [noun pl] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , in the space of eighteen months , from commanding a regiment of a few thousand men he was to rise to be an Army Commander with over half-a-million at his behest . |
| 2 | The pavement had been much repaired , and it was difficult to synchronise his steps so that the middle of each foot fell exactly on the cracks between the paving stones , but with some concentration and a few judicious half-steps he managed it ; then he came to a long blue-grey line of asphalt where a pipe had obviously been repaired , and walked along that instead free from the worry of the paving stones between the cracks . |
| 3 | He 'd done it again , she realised in amazement — with just a few choice words he 'd knocked her for six . |
| 4 | In a few short months he had changed , his hair was greyer , his face more drawn and the gold Albert hung loosely around his once corpulent stomach . |
| 5 | He returned an hour later with a few stunted bushes he had managed to prise from the rock . |
| 6 | After a few false starts he found his rhythm and everyone began to clap in time . |
| 7 | For a few brief moments he reared and plunged on the bed , grunting like an animal , until his lust emptied itself into her . |
| 8 | For a few brief moments he 'd been able to forget the room and the bizarre encampment and Hennessy at his elbow , and he 'd conversed in a language that came to him now almost as readily as his first ; he 'd conversed with a dark-eyed alien . |
| 9 | After a few more minutes he mumbled , ‘ You frightened ? ’ |
| 10 | Lexandro grinned wildly , for within but a few more weeks he was to have holes drilled through his carapace so that he could jack in to power armour . |
| 11 | Her head beat from side to side and she said , ‘ Yes , yes , yes , yes , ’ again , then Lachlan — wiry , athletic-looking , skinny shanks ramming back and forth like some skinny bull — reached under her , pulled her up , his legs spreading , kneeling ; she hung onto him , arms round his neck , then after a few vertical stabs he threw her down , back onto the bed ; she grunted , arms still tight round his back , then she brought her legs up , right up over his thin , plunging , globe-buttocked behind , until her ankles were in the small of his back , rocking to and fro , feet crossed one over the other , locked there ; with one splayed hand she held onto his back , pressing him to her , and with the other hand she felt down the length of his body , over ribs and waist and hips , and with another grunt reached round and under , taking his balls in her hand , pressing them and kneading them and squeezing them . |
| 12 | Nine months on Mr Boulton is still waiting for the two and a half thousand pounds he claims Brit-Pol owes him for the coach . |