Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [prep] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Okay , working with anybody , just just for just for a few minutes each it 's just because what I want you to experience is what it 's like to continually go over the same thing , I want you to experience that , to continually stick to your guns just experience that okay ? |
| 2 | The effect takes more than 10ms to develop and can last for up to a few seconds . |
| 3 | They 'll be forcing their way in here in a few minutes . |
| 4 | ‘ I had to get away from there for a few hours . |
| 5 | Yeah , erm when we went in there for a few times used to get headaches and that . |
| 6 | In the Sandleford warren no rabbit of his age would have been asked to tell a story , except perhaps to a few friends alone . |
| 7 | And er he was there for quite a number of years and then went to just for a few years , and came back to Galashiels to work with the same firm and then he started business on his own . |
| 8 | He 's a student , working over here for a few months . |
| 9 | If you do manage it then this brilliant collection of new maps will give you something to do tonight , at least for a few hours ! |
| 10 | If you do manage it then this brilliant collection of new maps will give you something to do tonight , at least for a few hours ! |
| 11 | ‘ Just as you 're going to have to endure being separated from Jeff every day — at least for a few hours , while we do our English lessons . ’ |
| 12 | If so , it suggests that liberal policies will be implemented in Peru at least for a few months this year , whatever the general public thinks . |
| 13 | There is no reason why you should not have a weekly reward for remaining the same weight , at least for a few months after you have attained your ideal shape . |
| 14 | For most women , working and childbearing are alternatives , at least for a few years . |
| 15 | And I think the most I 'll get out of it , at least for a few years , is local portrait photography . |
| 16 | The fury of the attack , at least for a few seconds , drew Waldegrave from his drunken stupor . |
| 17 | He reckoned it would take him where he wanted to go — at least for a few weeks . |
| 18 | and can be preceded by ( e.g. ‘ squelch ’ , ‘ bulge ’ ) ; is never preceded by , and is preceded by only in a few words and names , e.g. ‘ Welsh ’ , ‘ Walsh ’ , . |