Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] for a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 31 | But if we wait patiently for a few picoseconds until the charges rearrange themselves there will be no further motion and the problem belongs to the realm of electrostatics . |
| 32 | Sometimes Sheila got away from her family to come with her and she drove down for a few hours as well as now and again in the middle of the week . |
| 33 | Our son Greg came over for a few days to do some business in England and to see his father . |
| 34 | Cover up for a few days , use a higher factor lotion , and take great care . |
| 35 | He came up for a few days and stayed in Mackay 's Hotel in Ardallt . |
| 36 | When a dog does start to show signs of becoming difficult about a visit to the surgery , you may want to arrange with your vet simply to walk up to the waiting room , pause here for a few moments and then return home . |
| 37 | I kept wandering around for a few hours , with no idea where I was or where I was going , then somewhere along the line I chanced upon an open space where there was the odd bench scattered here and there and I used one of these for my lie-down . |
| 38 | You 've been mooning about for a few weeks , ’ she chuckled , ruefully . |
| 39 | Rose drove silently for a few minutes . |
| 40 | Stop anywhere for a few minutes on a summer 's day and you are likely to end up as an unpaid extra in next year 's calendar or on a biscuit tin . |
| 41 | Brian sits reflectively for a few moments … |
| 42 | He gazed calmly for a few seconds before he lifted his hand in greeting . |
| 43 | She said it had been going on for a few months . ’ |
| 44 | It is part of a rather complicated arrangement that has been going on for a few years now . ’ |
| 45 | Once well formed , remove the polythene bag and allow to grow on for a few weeks before potting on each plant singly . |
| 46 | He frowned down for a few moments at the damp patch on the matting at his feet , then he shook his head , as if ridding himself of some unwelcome thought , and looked up at me again . |
| 47 | We sailed into a murky , airless dawn veiled by the thin drizzle of a Scotch Mist , and I turned in for a few hours . |
| 48 | Contentedly I went below and turned in for a few hours , leaving my colleague to navigate . |
| 49 | Like the other Acorus species described so far , it grows only for a few months in the aquarium . |
| 50 | It faded away for a few seconds before starting again as others joined it , their howls hanging eerily in the cold shadows of the trees of Regent 's Park , before dying down again among the bars and cages of London Zoo . |
| 51 | I would n't mind going away for a few days , but |
| 52 | He turned away for a few moments and I could see that he was upset by the news . |
| 53 | ‘ Fancy skiving off for a few hours ? |
| 54 | ‘ I 'm going out for a few minutes . ’ |
| 55 | She wriggled in outrage , but when he caught her head between his hands , pulling back for a few moments to stare intently into her face , she stopped fighting . |
| 56 | just lie here for a few moments . |
| 57 | It goes straight for a few yards and then bends round the corner into blackness . |
| 58 | He walked on for a few yards , stooped and picked something up . |
| 59 | The travellers say they wo n't be moving on for a few days and tonight , the festival still appears to be in full swing.Local people are angry after finding drug-taking equipment dumped in gardens , and sheep savaged to death at a local farm . |
| 60 | Why not extend you holiday by staying on for a few nights in Copenhagen ? |