Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] for a [det] [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 | ‘ I had to get away from there for a few hours . |
| 3 | Yeah , erm when we went in there for a few times used to get headaches and that . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | He 's a student , working over here for a few months . |
| 6 | 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 ! |
| 7 | 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 ! |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | For most women , working and childbearing are alternatives , at least for a few years . |
| 12 | And I think the most I 'll get out of it , at least for a few years , is local portrait photography . |
| 13 | The fury of the attack , at least for a few seconds , drew Waldegrave from his drunken stupor . |
| 14 | He reckoned it would take him where he wanted to go — at least for a few weeks . |