Example sentences of "[noun] for a few [noun pl] after " in BNC.
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| 1 | He left the king 's service for a few years after March 1245 ; it was probably during this period that he compiled a metrical grammar for the children of Hamo de Pecche , a Cambridgeshire baron . |
| 2 | Gabrielle went to stay with her parents in the Kent countryside for a few days after the hearing , collected her thoughts and decided to carve out a life for herself and her children . |
| 3 | But I was n't into heroin on a full scale for a few years after that . |
| 4 | The only other Briton to win both Opens is Tony Jacklin who , incidentally , came to Jersey to live and play golf for a few years after his retirement from the professional circuit . |
| 5 | ( Busch-Petersen , a lawyer by profession and still in his twenties , was mayor in his home district of Pankow for a few months after the revolution , before being asked to head the east Berlin retailers ' association . |