Example sentences of "[noun] for a [adj] [noun pl] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I remember I was once experimenting with a gauze — it had been in La Scala for a hundred years and was full of dust . |
| 2 | Just as I had n't minded when asked if I would like to take care of Jeffrey Bernard for a few days while he was in Sydney to promote the play about himself , Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell , which is currently playing here . |
| 3 | ‘ After the Smiths I had been playing the guitar for a few years and I was listening to things like Aztec Camera and Orange Juice . |
| 4 | Now actually Mill did put the his erm this proposal forward , he was a member of parliament for a few years and he was trying to get this discussed in parliament . |
| 5 | If you give yourself a shake , change your seating position slightly , open the clear vision panel for some fresh air , change hands on the stick for a few moments and have a sweet or drink , you can snap out of it and start to work normally again . |
| 6 | : Ma for a few years and recently we 've reassessed the doses and also we 've reassessed the risks so those two things together have caused us to express our concern and to advise the government what to do about it . |
| 7 | I think my father used to work in a university for a few years after he graduated , and he might have invented something ; he occasionally hints that he gets some sort of royalty from a patent or something , but I suspect the old hippy survives on whatever family wealth the Cauldhames still have secreted away . |
| 8 | The first cultivators in Africa , as in all parts of the world , would farm a field for a few years and then , when its fertility began to drop , move on to an adjacent , or occasionally distant , area where high yields could be maintained for a similar period . |
| 9 | ‘ I still ca n't work out how they got away with it because I 'd only left it outside the tent for a few moments before it vanished . |
| 10 | Yet another strategy is to put progress on ‘ hold ’ and stay with your current level of progress for a few weeks until you feel more accustomed to the level and better able to proceed . |
| 11 | You can make a private deal with insurance companies to insure your legs for a million pounds if they are your sole way of earning a living ! |
| 12 | No I can understand her not having , not wanting kids for a few years but , ca n't you ? |
| 13 | A couple of years ago I was staying in Malham for a few days and decided to set out one morning for Attermire by the old pack lane from Settle to Malham . |
| 14 | I had lived in a motor car for a few years and the rediscovery of my legs was painful . |
| 15 | A stiff neck for a few weeks after a bump was tolerated in the past . |
| 16 | So it can only be human failure I E that she was driving and just sort of lost her concentration for a few seconds and that was fatal |
| 17 | Those who could live on savings for a few weeks or months were ‘ that rare class ’ . |
| 18 | It was thought by the producers that the programme slipped out of the top ten ratings for a few weeks because of the squeamishness of some viewers , but this was probably just a seasonal fluctuation . |
| 19 | Immerse the section , slab or plaquette in the reagent contained in a suitable dish or tray for a few seconds or until the yellow precipitate forms . |
| 20 | New sayings are on everyone 's lips for a few years and then for no reason they disappear , becoming as dead and as dated as the dodo . |
| 21 | WATCH receptionist/telephonist Ann Sheppard at work for a few minutes and productivity levels take on a whole new dimension . |
| 22 | They may also know of people seeking work for a few hours or days per week , perhaps to help out with the garden , or heavier household tasks , or shopping . |
| 23 | He 's expected to be off work for a few days but will be recalled for important Commons votes , including the Maastricht Treaty social chapter next Thursday . |
| 24 | Before the 1965 Immigration Act , Mirpuri and Bengali families would send their sons to England for a few months or a few years at a time . |
| 25 | However , I understand that , the other day , an English acrobat 's son came up to Scotland for a few hours and said that the whole thing was non-negotiable . |
| 26 | Periodically Utrillo was allowed out of the asylum for a few days and occasionally he escaped . |
| 27 | She considered the question for a few minutes before she replied , ‘ Barbados takes a bit of getting used to , but its good points far outweigh the bad . |
| 28 | They used the mill for silk manufacture for a few years but by 1860 ownership had passed to Samuel Long , who was also running Charfield Mills . |
| 29 | We have our little rule book and we let a woman come into the Guild for a few weeks and then she 's told the rules . |
| 30 | Or do the nuclear powers-that be believe that they have won for the world not only peace in our time , but peace for a million years and more . |