Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] for a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ann will look after things for a few days . |
| 2 | In toads , for instance , the males sit on the backs of females for a few days before the female lays her eggs . |
| 3 | The old man had gone to stay with relatives for a few days , and Dorothy wondered if I would water her houseplants , because he ( Leo ) wanted to spend all the time he could with her at the hospital . |
| 4 | Those who could live on savings for a few weeks or months were ‘ that rare class ’ . |
| 5 | Ditton worked in the bakery over vacations for a few years and reckoned that each man had an illegal income of about 10 per cent of his bread sales , very little of which appeared as a loss in the firm 's financial records . |