Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [adv prt] for [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | No answer , then Spencer passed out for a few seconds , only to wake to the pungent smell of burning and the sharp realisation that he must now get out of the thing . |
| 2 | ZOOLOGIST Terry Walton stopped off for a few days in India in 1967 . |
| 3 | Andy had n't meant any more than his pressing need to stay in for a few weeks till he had made more headway with his revision . |
| 4 | Afterwards the whole group stayed on for a few extra days . |
| 5 | I have never had much stomach for fighting and I certainly did not relish the prospect of having my head knocked off for a few cigarettes ! |
| 6 | " Ask Dr. Lorrimer to come down for a few minutes , will you please ? " |
| 7 | He and Sybil took off for a few weeks ' holiday before going back to London . |
| 8 | Even so , it was not unusual for friends and kinsmen to drop in for a few minutes , an hour , to see the news or a comedy . |
| 9 | The Steady State Theory floundered on for a few more years , being continually revised , but eventually its three proponents conceded defeat . |
| 10 | Asking the candidate to wait on for a few minutes . |
| 11 | The talking went on for a few moments then the sudden , all too familiar , sound of a mortar bomb leaving the barrel . |
| 12 | It finally erupted when Mozart asked for permission to stay on for a few days in Vienna to collect some outstanding fees . |
| 13 | Our son Greg came over for a few days to do some business in England and to see his father . |
| 14 | This situation carried on for a few weeks , she would try to talk but always just ended up leaving some food on the step . |
| 15 | The Captain and his wife proved so hospitable that Ricky stayed on for a few days after Minton left to stay with Paul ( ‘ Odo ’ ) Cross and Angus Wilson at their home Rio Chico at Ocho Rios . |