Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] for the [adj] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Try and keep them dry , and take the painkillers we 'll give you for the first few days . |
| 2 | Well Mr never been before at least I 've done it for the first few years that I was there . |
| 3 | Certainly Jenny did not see him for the first few evenings she was at Moorlake . |
| 4 | Dozzell said : ‘ I thought about wearing it for the last few minutes , but I did n't think it would go down too well . |
| 5 | In retrospect , it seemed that the Lord protected her for the first few days , and then … |
| 6 | Rain watched her for the last few yards , noting how the morning 's cheerfulness had been replaced by anxiety . |
| 7 | The strong-smelling ‘ stewed ’ strips of blanket were hot , and as I wrung out the excess water , I needed tongs to hold them for the first few minutes . |
| 8 | Thus it is that the Tamar , beautiful as the nymph whose name she bears , winds her way from the rugged north coast between the hills , to be joined by the Tavy , flowing from Dartmoor to join her for the last few miles to the sea , while the luckless Torridge flows ever northward in vain pursuit of Tamara 's beauty . |