Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [noun prp] for a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 'll work in France for a few weeks at a time staying in hotels . |
| 2 | We 'll be going to London for a few days next month to find suitable premises , so I 'll be able to go down and see Mum and Dad and the children . |
| 3 | I knew I was going to Stafford for a few days , but I do n't think , I 'll be there a fortnight . |
| 4 | He had also brought a chess manual , because he had heard that children could play chess brilliantly , but after ski-ing with Sam for a few days he decided that there was no call to be beaten by a five-year-old at two things at once . |
| 5 | Johnson was highly ranked but had been based in England for a few months under ten years . |
| 6 | A couple of years ago I was staying in Malham for a few days and decided to set out one morning for Attermire by the old pack lane from Settle to Malham . |
| 7 | When King George died in 1952. and Queen Mary died in 1961 , Edward returned to Windsor for a few days . |
| 8 | In or after 1147 Andrew returned to England for a few troubled years as the first abbot of Wigmore , a daughter house of St Victor in Herefordshire . |
| 9 | When the greetings and exclamations were over , they told me that they had been staying on Mull for a few days , and had just arrived on Moila , and were putting up at the post office with Mrs McDougall . |
| 10 | She could stay in Edinburgh for a few days longer , she said , until he was ready to go back . |
| 11 | When , in the summer of 1983 , she went to England for a few weeks , she took a French companion whose role was to instruct her during every spare moment . |
| 12 | We went to Weston-super-Mare for a few days . |
| 13 | In January 1936 Edward went to Windsor for a few weeks . |
| 14 | The Duke stared at Sharpe for a few seconds , then flinched at the blood which was caked on the Rifleman 's jacket . |
| 15 | I 'd have to stay in Holyhead for a few nights . |
| 16 | Having worked at Billingham for a few years he was appointed as a commissioning engineer for an ammonia plant in Canada before moving in 1985 to manage the leading concept ammonia [ LCA ] plant at Severnside , Avonmouth . |
| 17 | After chatting to Davidson for a few minutes longer , he went back to his office . |
| 18 | ‘ He 's only been working for Harry for a few weeks . |