Example sentences of "[verb] for a few [noun pl] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 I find myself pausing for a few dots myself before I turn over the page to find where all this is leading .
2 And now what they 're saying is , well we 'll buy out those appeals , if you had your appeal running for a few years we 'll give you five hundred pound ex gratia payment .
3 Carole Rue , BT 's network services development manager , said : ‘ Although the trial has only been running for a few weeks we 're most encouraged by the initial response from our customers .
4 and if you 're coming for a few days you 've , you 've bag carrying and all this in the business
5 A British walker survived for seven days without food , save for a few prunes she managed to scavenge out of a dustbin , while lost in New Zealand 's rugged Taparua mountain range .
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