Example sentences of "he a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This thought , too , caused him a few moments of depression before it was drowned by feelings of tranquil pleasure . |
| 2 | The sea was such a mess that it took him a few moments to be sure of the reef . |
| 3 | Patrick guessed he was bringing a tray into the sitting room , which gave him a few moments . |
| 4 | There was a second voice — sharp , abrasive — and it took him a few moments to identify the second voice as belonging to Jane , the maid . |
| 5 | Theodora allowed him a few moments and then she said , gently , ‘ There is , is there not , one further element ? |
| 6 | But I thought it would do Roy a power of good to give him a few games at the back as part of his education . ’ |
| 7 | Ten days on the ocean gave him a few chances to visit the cabins of single women , but until they arrived in New York , there were no places to escape once the liaison ended , however passionately , half-heartedly , or ephemerally it had begun . |
| 8 | Mauve had given him a few casts of hands and feet to take home and study . |
| 9 | After that I got us on to less dangerous ground , and I gave him a few tit-bits of intelligence , which was probably what he 'd been after . |
| 10 | Lady Maude had given him a few pennies and tomorrow he planned to see his friend in Crabbe Street . |
| 11 | Crossing to the bed , she put a hand behind Lucien 's head , raised it , and offered him a few sips of water from a rough ceramic bowl . |
| 12 | These people will just ask him a few questions , make a few tests . |
| 13 | ‘ I only wanted to ask him a few questions . ’ |
| 14 | " Not yet ; let's get a sup of tea into the lad and ask him a few questions . |
| 15 | She gave him a few things , all invented , and watched as he jotted some notes in the ledger . |
| 16 | During the evening she caught sight of him a few times , always dancing , holding his partners very close , and managing to avoid her eyes . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'd spoken to him a few times , ’ Avril recalls . |
| 18 | I 've seen him a few times and he 's never made a favourable impression on me ! |
| 19 | I just barged up to him a few times during the evening and in the end he said , ‘ Alright then , let's hear you sing ’ and he was impressed . |
| 20 | ‘ I 've spoken to him a few times and he 's the epitome of a true warrior . |
| 21 | ‘ Dylan as an actor and as an explosive performing force was a dangerous rival for other actors , as I know , for I worked with him a few times or several , and once for instance a director [ Douglas Cleverdon ] said to him — we were rehearsing a radio play at the time — Dylan , will you take the words ‘ Mam ! |
| 22 | I heard him a few times , he was very very entertaining , very entertaining , nice bloke really . |
| 23 | I saw him a few times more , but never alone , I wrote him two letters when I was in Spain , and he sent a postcard back . |
| 24 | I 'd gone out with him a few times — pictures in Penzance , that sort of thing , and father being away … |
| 25 | She 'd met him a few times , usually when he was drunk . |
| 26 | ‘ And Seb 's ridden him a few times . |
| 27 | I saw him a few times more after that , in the months that followed , coming slowly up the lane from the station , as Millie and I stood at the gate . |
| 28 | I only saw him a few times and he seemed to wander around in no-man 's land half the time doing bugger all . |
| 29 | She 'd only met him a few times , but it had been easy for Julie to see that Ross Wyndham was even more Leo-like than his wife . |
| 30 | ‘ Yes , I 've met him a few times , ’ she admitted . |