Example sentences of "[noun] [adv prt] for a few [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 | If Baldwin met Parliament , Lloyd George might keep the Conservatives in for a few weeks to humiliate them . |
| 3 | I 'm gon na put me feet up for a few minutes , do you want now we 've nearly finished ? |
| 4 | If he was n't home , I 'd go back to the squat and keep my head down for a few days . |
| 5 | We weighed each other up for a few moments without speaking . |
| 6 | We pushed each other around for a few minutes . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The thought damped George down for a few miles ; then he asked : ‘ How are the eyes ? ’ |