Example sentences of "[verb] him for [art] few " in BNC.

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1 He 'll cry long and hard , and though you can soothe him for a few minutes at a time , hours can pass without you ever really silencing the cries .
2 She did n't see him for a few days after that , and had time to wonder why she had made it all up .
3 Also their directors wont really be able to sack him for a few years .
4 The regime thus charged him with damage of government property and jailed him for a few months until he was released under a general amnesty .
5 Sorrel watched him for a few seconds , then snatched it out of his hands and stuck it in her mouth .
6 She laughed silently at herself ; she had only known him for a few hours , and here she was , assessing his character as if he were an old and true friend .
7 It 's ridiculous — I 've only known him for a few weeks .
8 ‘ You 've only known him for a few months ! ’
9 In real-time only seconds had passed , not much more time than it would have taken to see if he was in and ask him for a few minutes of his time .
10 A 13-month-old London boy drowned when he fell off a ‘ topple-proof ’ bath chair while his mother had left him for a few moments .
11 His face was absorbed , and Hilary stood quietly , studying him for a few moments .
12 As I stood watching him for a few seconds and looking at the damage to his farm buildings and the dead and wounded cattle around the orchard , I thought to myself .
13 Annie stood watching him for a few moments .
14 With an embarrassed shrug , she leaned more comfortably against the seat , and , watching him for a few moments , asked curiously , ‘ Why did you invite me today ? ’
15 ‘ To have banned him for a few months would have been one thing , but to take him to court and ban him for life seemed to defeat the object of the exercise . ’
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