Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun sg] for a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | The next day I decided to walk through the forest for a few miles and take the train to Strelsau from a little station along the road . |
| 2 | ‘ You do n't mind looking after the place for a few days , do you ? ’ |
| 3 | Take my advice , get out the house for a few days . ’ |
| 4 | I have n't seen my , never saw my grandfather and so family has been out of the country for a few generations now . |
| 5 | Periodically Utrillo was allowed out of the asylum for a few days and occasionally he escaped . |
| 6 | When the Magistrate duly appeared the Collector , lying feverishly on his bed , asked him to take command of the garrison for a few hours . |
| 7 | I told Mike Teague beforehand that if we lost it would mean the end of the road for a few of us . ’ |
| 8 | Leaving her mother-in-law in charge of the tea-stall for a few minutes , Elizabeth went back to the inn-yard with Tamar and the coachman . |
| 9 | ‘ Yes , Philippe thought I should be kept out of the way for a few days … ’ |
| 10 | Ruth stood in the doorway of the room for a few seconds , looking at her aunt who was drifting on the edge of sleep . |
| 11 | And again , when reporting on the A & B Foursomes in January 1969 , he started as follows : ‘ There must be an increased number of wives who are convinced that there is a special weather dispensation for Harpsden , or it may be , of course , that many of them are only too glad to get the old man out of the house for a few hours on a wet Sunday . ’ |
| 12 | It achieved fame in 1860 , when a nova appeared in it and reached the seventh magnitude , altering the whole aspect of the cluster for a few nights . |
| 13 | Now that isolation is over South Africa 's unwholesome pre-eminence in making money and fame out of the game for a few over-exposed players ( at the expense of enjoyment of the game for the many ) could be infectious . |
| 14 | The root form has the ability to reproduce itself by parthenogenesis several times throughout the year for a few years without passing into another form . |
| 15 | I always turn them upside down or against the wall for a few months and then I might become curious and look again . |
| 16 | A steady pressure tries to pull my finger to the rod , so I go along with the movement for a few inches and then strike . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | They went there in the middle of that morning , passing through the gate in the garden wall and along the cliff-path for a few hundred yards and then on to the golf-course . |
| 19 | On reaching the country road turn left to go along the road for a few yards before taking a right . |
| 20 | When I go , I hold my breath and completely immerse myself under the water , trying to keep as relaxed as possible , and I stay under the water for a few seconds . |
| 21 | Although the females ' ranges are smaller than those of individual males they overlap those of several of them and may therefore turn up in more than one male community ; females in oestrus range widely , consorting with a male for a few days . |
| 22 | It costs £100000 a minute to produce top quality graphics , on a computer system costing £10 million , so the people paying do not want something that looks as if it was shot with a camera for a few thousand pounds . |
| 23 | Year to year there are variations ; summer may start two weeks late , or two weeks early , or tentatively … and once or twice a year the weather goes into a sulk for a few days and refuses to co-operate with us . |
| 24 | He urged his horse on home , and for the first time that day it responded by breaking into a trot for a few yards , until it decided that it was more comfortable to walk . |
| 25 | The genial heavyweight said : ‘ I 've fought as an amateur for a few years . |
| 26 | Yeah if they if their churning out the stock that tu tend to churn out , I mean I go along for an enquiry for a few and find they 've got thousands in stock . |
| 27 | He looked away from the Bowl for a few seconds to snap : ‘ Go away . ’ |
| 28 | Erm , I understand that you are willing to answer questions from the floor for a few minutes . |
| 29 | Often the reaction to other foods is only temporary — if they are eliminated from the diet for a few months they can be eaten again without difficulty . |
| 30 | This means placing the plant material in a base of oil or fat and leaving the mixture in the sun for a few days . |