Example sentences of "his [noun] for [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cos Grant 's gone off to play with his computer for a few minutes . |
| 2 | Alexia held his glance for a few moments , a furrow between her eyebrows , and dropped the subject . |
| 3 | For suppose that he , tired as he must be , closes his eyes for a few moments . |
| 4 | The vicar says he 'll can live of his savings for a few weeks , but if there 's still no escape from the dole he 'll have to return to Greece . |
| 5 | It remained his seat for a few months short of thirty years . |
| 6 | He patted his pockets for a few moments . |
| 7 | I went over to his home for a few days to sort out helmet and leather contracts . |
| 8 | Liz had continued to live at home with her parents , but she was now thinking about going to stay with her brother and his wife for a few weeks . |
| 9 | Andrew Beattie was allowed a visit by his wife for a few minutes around half-past one and for the first time he learned that no strike organisers had been arrested other than in the Rathcoole district . |
| 10 | He is about the inn all day , speaks broken English , and in acknowledgment of any kindness will show the suppleness of his old bones by standing on his head for a little time . |
| 11 | He lay on his back for a few moments as he always did , then turned onto his right side , arranging himself as if for sleep . |
| 12 | all well and good , but for twenty year , we should n't be talking about this , when I was in Ireland a couple of years ago the skew over overseer said he had to get rid of his television for the same reason , he er could n't turn it up |
| 13 | It is not unknown for barbel to pull a rod into the water with a speed and viciousness that has to be seen to be believed , even when the angler has only glanced away from his rod for a few seconds . |
| 14 | She sat dully in the cab while the driver talked non-stop about foreign tourists who would dominate his trade for a few more months to come . |
| 15 | He opened his eyes and prepared to correct his daughter for the several hundredth occasion in their lives together . |
| 16 | Indeed , he had , in fact , smashed one of their violins when he lost his temper for the same reason in the previous year . |
| 17 | He sat , shaking , before his a.i. for a few minutes , realising that , whatever he 'd thought before , the following procedures might prove even more risky than the persona transfer itself . |
| 18 | Everything he owned just to have it in his hands for a few hours . |
| 19 | Dr McNab had Come to the door of his ward for a few moments to watch the heating of the bath-water ; then with a sigh and a shake of his head he had retired inside again . |
| 20 | After fiddling with the stem of his glass for a few seconds , he looked straight at her and said : |
| 21 | Hawkins considered his glass for a few moments , then looked up at Talbot . |
| 22 | That 's one of the occupational hazards of listening to people talking football — Docherty talking through his arse for a few quid . |
| 23 | If she missed his letters for a few days , she would probably stop taking him for granted . |
| 24 | He turned on the guards who held Harry between them , and looked at his prisoner for a few minutes in silence . |
| 25 | After listening to it on his headphones for a few minutes , Syrian George stopped the tape , looked Mikalis up and down and turned to Coleman . |
| 26 | Although Darwin had turned in the right direction , he could do very little with mind and culture during his lifetime for the same reason that he was helpless before the mysteries of heredity : the basic information and modes of thought were lacking to produce the stable foundation which he correctly viewed as essential . |
| 27 | Inside , the rooms are light and panelled with elegant pedimented overdoors , and it is sad to think that the full splendour of Bullen Reynes 's house was only enjoyed by his son and his family for a few short years ; the bulk of it burned down in 1704 . |
| 28 | David Puttnam will be going round with a quiet smile on his face for a few days . |
| 29 | He eventually got the girl to agree to a date and walked around with an idiot smile on his face for the few weeks beforehand . |
| 30 | Designer Daniel Andrieu was present as the concealing-sheet was whipped away amid a swirling cloud of smoke which hid his creation for a few choking seconds before we could see what had been achieved . |