Example sentences of "[verb] for [art] few [noun pl] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was my foursomes partner for a few years in international golf and there is no better way to assess another 's playing ability . |
| 2 | However luck was not with us for , as a reward for jumping in the intervals of appalling freezing fog , he got flu as a Christmas present and was delayed for a few days in hospital at Ringway . |
| 3 | We stopped for a few hours in Aberdeen , long enough to allow Father to take us to see the house we had lived in until 1939 : Stranathro , at Muchalls , perched high on the cliffs by the road to Stonehaven . |
| 4 | Sprinkle the yeast over the water in a cup and leave to stand for a few minutes in a warm place before stirring to completely dissolve the yeast . |
| 5 | In order not to dull your pleasure I intend to only speak for a few minutes in case we all get snowed in/melt away in the heat ! |
| 6 | I 'll bet that 's made for a few tensions in Schreider Sterne Inc. ! ’ |
| 7 | She drove for a few minutes in silence , then she said , ‘ You know what I 'm going back to ? ’ |
| 8 | After I had been kept waiting for a few moments in an ante-room , I was ushered into the main boardroom where Dr Barton and six colleagues were seated around a long , rectangular , polished table . |
| 9 | We stand for a few moments in each other 's arms , and I ask what we should do this evening . |
| 10 | Most of the houses in the village were quite large , with shutters which were only opened for a few hours in the mornings ; if there was a breeze long lace curtains could be seen gently moving . |
| 11 | They walked for a few minutes in silence . |
| 12 | I was afraid to go to bed , or even to sleep for a few moments in my chair . |
| 13 | Snow settled for a few hours in the Dundee area , causing traffic problems . |
| 14 | The blow would have killed him instantly — at least , he might have lived for a few minutes in a technical sense , but he would have been unconscious and effectively dead . |
| 15 | You will be able to see the lush green streamer weed swaying in the current , and if you look carefully , letting your eyes adjust to the movement of the current and weed , preferably with the use of polaroid spectacles , you may see one or more black shapes that suddenly emerge from under the green ribbon , hover for a few seconds in the open water and then just as suddenly disappear back into the weed . |
| 16 | This brought the number of District Geologists in Edinburgh up to 3 , a repetition of the situation which had existed for a few years in the 1920s . |
| 17 | No she only stayed for a few weeks in Summer |
| 18 | We stayed for a few days in Paris on the way home , and Elizabeth wrote to me at our hotel . |
| 19 | They stood for a few moments in shy silence , staring from one to another . |
| 20 | She barely noticed it at all as she stood for a few seconds in front of the mirror and pulled the comb through her hair . |
| 21 | The decapitated head spun like a ball in the air , lips still moving ; his trunk stood for a few seconds in its own fountain of hot red gore before crashing on to the blood-stained ice . |
| 22 | Now that Elizabeth had exhausted the topic of Martha , they sat for a few moments in silence , one each side of the fire with a cup of tea . |
| 23 | The county members and those who sat for the few boroughs in which the franchise was reasonably wide were normally the most independent of eighteenth-century MPs ; but they were in a minority . |
| 24 | Her eyes were held for a few moments in the lazy gaze across the desk , then with a conscious effort she blinked herself free , looked down at her notepad . |
| 25 | As they gathered outside the wire waiting for their guard to open the gate into the camp , they were suspended for a few moments in a sort of limbo . |