Example sentences of "[noun] for only [art] few [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If hypnotics are prescribed , enough tablets for only a few nights should be given at any one time and the medication stopped once the period of distress is over . |
| 2 | When the tide springs up the shore the furthest , it also recedes the furthest — uncovering pools which may be accessible by foot for only a few hours each year . |
| 3 | He had been in the States for only a few months . |
| 4 | The car had been parked outside their home for only a few minutes before neighbours saw it being driven off by teenage youths . |
| 5 | He knew that she had not enjoyed his homecoming or the renewal of a sexual life ; throughout their married life he had been at home for only a few weeks at a time , and she had been free to make her life as she chose . |
| 6 | If a dealer has worked in the business for only a few weeks , the client has no way of telling whether he is senior or not , and some licensed dealers have taken advantage of this . |
| 7 | This stage resembles planning your essay outline , and could give you your necessary paragraph headings ( particularly since an exam essay gives room for only a few paragraphs ) . |
| 8 | Also in New Guinea are sympatric birds of paradise apparently dealing with fruit in a similar way , staying in the trees for only a few minutes , perhaps through fear of predators . |
| 9 | Here they had to part with their horses , for of course there could be accommodation for only a few animals in this castle itself . |
| 10 | He pointed out the importance of having both long and short term memory — ‘ you do n't want to clutter up your brain with information that is irrelevant long term ’ , he said , giving as an example the way you would look at traffic approaching as you crossed a street — you need to recall the situation for only a few seconds . |
| 11 | The Maréchal de Cadenet , a French ambassador on a special mission who stayed in London for only a few days in 1621 , was given by James I jewellery said to be worth £2,500 , while the duke of Buckingham , the king 's favourite , presented him with ponies and four albino falcons , the latter much prized by huntsmen . |
| 12 | The first is to design and construct local services for the majority of mentally disordered people who live in their own homes and who may use mental health services for only a few weeks every few years . |
| 13 | Bernard the chamberlain held his high office for only a few months , in 829 – 30 . |
| 14 | In all this time Kiev itself was in the hands of the short-lived Ukrainian Republic for only a few months . |