Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] for a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Do n't you think you can manage to stop needling me for a few hours ? ’ |
| 32 | If your goal is a college scholarship , the odds are very high that attending one for a few years will lead to a number of scholarship offers from top-notch college tennis programmes in the United States . |
| 33 | 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 . |
| 34 | He said to Mariana , ‘ I 'll take her for a few minutes . |
| 35 | Anne watched her for a few moments in stunned silence , trying to decide if she meant what she had said . |
| 36 | Elaine watched her for a few minutes before paddling further into the shore , lying on the soft , creamy sand , letting the shallow water caress her feet and legs . |
| 37 | Sorrel watched him for a few seconds , then snatched it out of his hands and stuck it in her mouth . |
| 38 | 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 . |
| 39 | It 's ridiculous — I 've only known him for a few weeks . |
| 40 | ‘ You 've only known him for a few months ! ’ |
| 41 | I could let you have it for a few months until you get sorted out . ’ |
| 42 | He examined it for a few moments , then realised Tock was standing beside him with a can of oil . |
| 43 | It 's so incongruous it stuns me for a few seconds . |
| 44 | Now I will leave you for a few minutes . |
| 45 | 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 . |
| 46 | That stumped her for a few seconds , then she opened the door to the hallway for me . |
| 47 | They let me hold her for a few minutes and then they took her away upstairs to Special Care . |
| 48 | Those who have a real interest will leave it for a few years before attempting training . |
| 49 | She held my hand steady to bring the cigarette to the flame and kept it for a few seconds longer than she had to . |
| 50 | He designed and built it specially for his wife because she 'd always wanted to live by the river , but she only had time to enjoy it for a few months before she died . |
| 51 | Do a few products and then , leave them for a few days and go back and integrate them . |
| 52 | To wash our dishes , for instance , requires placing them for a few hours in a rattan basket in the swift-flowing stream deflected through the kitchen to the left of our house . |
| 53 | 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 . |
| 54 | His face was absorbed , and Hilary stood quietly , studying him for a few moments . |
| 55 | The sweaty exertions of the players , the movement of their pale , hairy legs , their breathless staccato shouts of ‘ Oh , well played ! ’ and ‘ Just out ! ’ occupied her for a few minutes . |
| 56 | So have a look through your book have a very quick glance at erm if you can just at an acid alkali one , at one side of an equation co try not to read it cover it up write it down and leave it for a few minutes till you 've forgotten if you did accidentally see what was on the other side till you 've forgotten it . |
| 57 | leave it for a few minutes , then start it up again . |
| 58 | Place the stem of a stick of celery in some dyed water and leave it for a few hours . |
| 59 | In this case , leave it for a few months and try going again later . |
| 60 | For a second his mind was off the ball , leaving it free for Patrick Lombard to belt in and whip it away , dribbling it for a few yards , then powering it to Mike , who , relishing his new freedom at Number Two , took it up field . |