Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] for a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I remember I was once experimenting with a gauze — it had been in La Scala for a hundred years and was full of dust . |
| 2 | So , after luxuriating in its hair shirt for a few days , the City would have sold sterling anyway . |
| 3 | TESL was run as an alternative methods course for a few years , until TEFL/TESL became a combined methods course in 1986 . |
| 4 | Fired by the skills of Steve Davis , I 'll go along to one of the local snooker halls for a few frames . |
| 5 | A great deal is going on in those regions , and people in the south who have not been north of Watford Gap for a few years should go and see what is happening there . |
| 6 | All were powered by GE engines and were to formate on a Lear Jet flown by H Clay Lacey for a public relations photographic sortie over the Mojave Desert . |
| 7 | Kansas City have been the nearly-men of the American Football Conference for a few seasons . |
| 8 | Kansas City have been the nearly-men of the American Football Conference for a few seasons . |
| 9 | I certainly wo n't be going in the practice room for a few days . ’ |
| 10 | Second , it may be that earnings are not intrinsically related to capacity , N i , but rather that there is a partially random screening process for a given earnings distribution . |
| 11 | It was only a vote in the Commons at 11 p.m. that brought the evening to an end and then she returned to Downing Street for a few hours ' work on her boxes before turning in . |
| 12 | Failing that , should we put the grand EC official who is in charge of such policies — Mr. Legras — in a veal crate for a few weeks and see whether he changes his mind after that ? |
| 13 | What makes them wait in seedy side rooms for a few moments of dangerous pleasure ? |
| 14 | Just listen to a copper sit there and talk rubbish for a few minutes . |
| 15 | After standing silently looking up at the Brooklyn sky for a few minutes , and reciting a poem , she then jumped back into the car . |
| 16 | The driver stopped the jeep outside the Saulnier farm for a few moments to say goodbye to the farmer , a very good friend to the Commandos , especially No. 6 Commando . |
| 17 | It contained a platinum US Approach card , a brick of travellers " cheques , and a cash-facility authorization at a Fifth Avenue bank for a thousand dollars a day , if needed . |
| 18 | Cook the roux paste for a few seconds , then gradually add the milk . |
| 19 | Others , who of course never used a bank , would pawn a five pound note for a few shillings , with instructions ‘ do n't break the note ’ so they could redeem it still in one piece . |
| 20 | Just as I had n't minded when asked if I would like to take care of Jeffrey Bernard for a few days while he was in Sydney to promote the play about himself , Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell , which is currently playing here . |
| 21 | The previous chapter set out the framework for social work intervention for a social services department . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'll give you some cortisone cream and I want you to wear cotton gloves for a few days , then come back and see me . |
| 23 | L M Ericsson Telephone AB filed with the US Securities & Exchange Commission for a transferable rights issue to buy up to $293.5m of convertible subordinated debentures due June 30 2000 . |
| 24 | I recently changed my 1971 Range Rover for a 26,000 miles , high compression engine , 1984 model . |
| 25 | When a tape is put in the VCR , it automatically switches to record a test signal for a few seconds , then rewinds , replays and tweaks the recording parameters to optimize picture quality . |
| 26 | ( Day Use Only ) Have you thought about hiring a Promenade Chalet for a few days . |
| 27 | The CNAA 's provisional Committee for Art and Design was willing only to accept the Honours Associateship for a classified honours degree , and the Associateship for an unclassified degree . |
| 28 | If I feel that a particular patient is suffering from extreme tension and finds it difficult to relax , then I may suggest that , during the two weeks following the regression session , he simply practises a basic relaxation exercise for a few minutes a day . |
| 29 | They used the mill for silk manufacture for a few years but by 1860 ownership had passed to Samuel Long , who was also running Charfield Mills . |
| 30 | While Agassi and Sampras , with supreme pre-final confidence , had flown home from Frankfurt after the ATP Finals for a few days of relaxation in Florida before returning to Europe , Noah had taken his squad off to a Swiss tennis resort , where they trained for 6 hours a day , offered themselves for 30 minutes daily to the press for customary grilling and focussed wholly on the task in hand . |