Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] for a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Van Cleef was cast opposite Eastwood in For A Few Dollars More ( 1965 ) and The Good , The Bad and The Ugly ( 1966 ) and immediately became a major star and a poster pin-up . |
| 2 | Central Office tried to keep the local parties alive , for the party truce was only renewed for a few months at a time and parliament was prolonged beyond its five-year term only for a few months at a time too . |
| 3 | They then worked on the script together for a few months before joining Peckinpah in England , where he was busy with pre-production . |
| 4 | By the ninth century the Magyars had settled around the river Dnepr , north of the Crimean Peninsula , having been expelled outwards by that movement of Asian tribes which rolled peoples westwards for a thousand years . |
| 5 | If Baldwin met Parliament , Lloyd George might keep the Conservatives in for a few weeks to humiliate them . |
| 6 | ‘ I need your help just for a few minutes . |
| 7 | I 'm gon na put me feet up for a few minutes , do you want now we 've nearly finished ? |
| 8 | The British Museum was still one unit , containing both natural history and works of art , and there were posts there for a few naturalists . |
| 9 | The sergeant thought Blanche would be tired after the tension of the previous hour or two , and he expected Blanche to sit at her desk quietly for a few minutes . |
| 10 | Is that not the best case ever for a clear promotions policy ? |
| 11 | Roll the cake up towards that end and hold in place just for a few minutes . |
| 12 | Bought in an English street market thirty years ago for a few shillings , a hitherto unidentified still-life by Luis Melendez ( 1716–1780 ) was sold at Bonhams on 10 December for £850,000 ( $1.36 million ) . |
| 13 | It seemed , as her mother would have said , ‘ a crime ’ to waste a beautiful afternoon in a stuffy cinema , but she might be able to shed her troubles there for a few hours . |
| 14 | Then ignore the puppy entirely for a few minutes , emphasizing that no further play will follow under these circumstances . |
| 15 | If he was n't home , I 'd go back to the squat and keep my head down for a few days . |
| 16 | We weighed each other up for a few moments without speaking . |
| 17 | We pushed each other around for a few minutes . |
| 18 | He watched her face as she scanned the street and the square ahead for a few seconds and then moved on . |
| 19 | They rolled around on the ground together for a few moments and then the boy 's mother came out and gave him Sergeant 's leash . |
| 20 | She made to close the door on them when Mrs Phipps added , ‘ We 're gooin' from dower to dower ter get a collection up for a few flowers . |
| 21 | In one instance , a stock of thousands of BBC props had been sold off this year for £75,000 yet the BBC later spent £1,100 renting just three items back for a few weeks . |
| 22 | He became convinced that his nose was deformed and saw another analyst regularly for a few months , but he recovered — at least until the next lot of symptoms after he rejected her advice and interpretations and simply told himself to stop thinking about his nose so much . |
| 23 | Edouard said he 'd been obliged to keep an elderly English woman there for a few days , but she 'd been slipping out . ’ |
| 24 | She began a letter a month after their arrival with the words , ‘ Here we are in a large mansion , in a large park , with seventy head of deer around us ’ , before going on to describe a house which contained ‘ furniture enough for a dozen families like ours ’ . |
| 25 | Today she 's come to a pre admissions clinic just for a few hours . |
| 26 | When I was in Jordan in nineteen sixty five studying Arabic , I helped the Save The Children Fund operation there for a few months and this was undoubtedly one of the most enjoyable and interesting short periods of my life and I look back on it with great warmth and affection and as your Royal Highness knows , it happens also that many , many years ago before you were our president , my father occupied your office and I therefore come to this meeting today with some knowledge of the fund 's activities and with great admiration and respect for all the that the fund has achieved . |
| 27 | The thought damped George down for a few miles ; then he asked : ‘ How are the eyes ? ’ |
| 28 | A number of retail outlets will allow you to take a rug home for a few days so that you can see it in the context of your home , and this simple precaution can not be recommended too strongly . |
| 29 | Asia now for a thousand years — |
| 30 | Such meetings will also have a social function , bringing agents together for a few days to exchange ideas , discuss common problems and be made to feel part of the company . |