Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [verb] for [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was just a fantasy I nurtured for a few years as I puffed and panted my way through the ten-foots and alleyways of downtown Hull . |
| 2 | The unusual job I have for a few weeks is to collect unpublished or limited circulation material for whizzkid computer boffins in Oxford to tag and analyse on computers . |
| 3 | Is the price we pay for a few moments of Mills and Boon romance too high , leaving an aftermath of bitterness , boredom and let-down ? |
| 4 | When we reached the jetty we paused for a few moments to look across at the islet . |
| 5 | In his later life he became for a few months nearly as famous as Ramsey , though in a different context . |
| 6 | When a new hotel opens what are the effects on existing hotels which compete for the same customers ? |
| 7 | This is the origin of a great number of ‘ green lanes ’ on the map which run for a few miles , separating parishes on either side but eventually petering out . |
| 8 | But others who vote for the same party may be motivated by directly opposite considerations — a strong commitment to education , say , but no concern about pensions . |
| 9 | Did n't we have a black guy who played for a few season in the second division with Revie before the real glory years . |
| 10 | So called ’ Socialist ’ feminists , in true liberal style , fail to put forward a strategy to end capitalism , putting all their energies into the Labour Party who stand for the same redundant ideas which go nowhere towards real change . |