Example sentences of "[prep] [noun prp] for [adv] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | We went with Alec for quite a few years , and sometimes Mother would come too . |
| 2 | I had worked as an assistant in Mothercare for quite a few years , so I took out a discount card with them when I was pregnant and I bought everything there at 20 per cent discount . |
| 3 | The Maréchal de Cadenet , a French ambassador on a special mission who stayed in London for only a few days in 1621 , was given by James I jewellery said to be worth £2,500 , while the duke of Buckingham , the king 's favourite , presented him with ponies and four albino falcons , the latter much prized by huntsmen . |
| 4 | It used to be in Bournemouth , they had it at Bournemouth for quite a few years . |
| 5 | Dave said : ‘ I have been raising money for charities at Bidds for quite a few years . |