Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun pl] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | When a learner-reader miscues he or she is ‘ projecting important personal meaning into the story ’ — ibid . |
| 2 | After a few moments he returned . |
| 3 | He had dropped his telescope ; for a few moments he groped on the floor beside the window , but he no longer needed the telescope ; he could see perfectly well without it . |
| 4 | For a few moments he was content to look at the maid 's face and the way the orange firelight lent it strength and mystery . |
| 5 | For a few moments he lay panting , his side heaving in exhaustion . |
| 6 | For a few moments he watched them , and hearing their laughter and seeing the flush of innocent enjoyment in their faces he felt a sudden bitter pang of resentment that they should have their youth still and be free to enjoy it . |
| 7 | The kid gets on his bicycle ; for a few moments he wears the expression of someone who had just been made aware of his own mortality . |
| 8 | After a few moments he said calmly , ‘ Now , Jane , be sensible . |
| 9 | After a few moments he began walking , pausing once to look up at the grand facade of the Shelbourne . |
| 10 | For a few moments he did n't seem to realise she was there . |
| 11 | For a few moments he was content to hold her , then the solar spun before Isabel 's vision as she was lifted into fitzAlan 's arms . |
| 12 | After a few moments he realized they were flying on an interception course . |
| 13 | For a few moments he sat at the receiver , listening to the hollow hum of vacant ether , recovering . |
| 14 | As he put his hand in his pocket to withdraw a few coins he knew that he was lost . |
| 15 | In which case there would be no capital for him to start up again other than Tommy 's back pay and a few pounds he 'd managed to save himself . |
| 16 | Within a few hours he cancelled on the grounds that the subject was ‘ too sensitive ’ — some twelve years after the amalgamation of his library had taken place . |
| 17 | ‘ Plus a few sketches he left behind , ’ added Reid . |
| 18 | A caricaturist look at a face and extracts the significant features so that with a few lines he creates a likeness . |
| 19 | After a few minutes he heaved himself out of bed , but his leg let him down and he fell backwards . |
| 20 | It seemed like a complete breakdown ; but after a few minutes he saw that they were playing as if they had always played this way . |
| 21 | Within a few minutes he had noticed a scruffy individual walk into the Oak public house , Stoke Row . |
| 22 | After a few minutes he had spoken again . |
| 23 | He was horrified that even for a few minutes he could seriously have contemplated such destructive stupidity . |
| 24 | I did so and after a few minutes he said , ‘ Good enough , now you can continue in English . ’ |
| 25 | After a few minutes he replaces it with something more conducive to conversation , the Neville Brothers ' ‘ Yellow Moon ’ . |
| 26 | But if you leave a child for a few minutes he may find the pills you keep in the bedside drawer and poison himself . |
| 27 | ‘ Frankie would buy a wonderful new suit and within a few minutes he 'd look as though he 'd slept in it . |
| 28 | I was told how to contact him in Rome and within a few minutes he was on the line . |
| 29 | It was too late to save the rick , so for a few minutes he stood and stared at the flames . |
| 30 | Well , I was there , behind the bar , standing in for Marcus , for a few minutes he said , more like two hours , so I saw it all develop . |