Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [verb] for a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Predictions from these tables will let you down once or twice a year when a session of light wind invades for a few days . |
| 2 | If the hon. Gentleman waits for a few days , he may be made aware of developments emanating from a source not far from me now which may interest him and which may deal with that point . |
| 3 | It is normal for this sensitivity to remain for a few flights and then gradually to disappear . |
| 4 | This vigorous phase continued for a few days , with the column of steam and ash climbing eleven kilometres high above the volcano and showering ash over points up to 480 kilometres distant . |
| 5 | Uplands kept its wholesaling operation going for a few years after I left , but it does n't exist any more ; I think the day of the really small wholesaler is gone . ’ |
| 6 | The big man thought for a few seconds , then laughed . |
| 7 | The acute depression lasted for a few months but the wounds healed enough for Gedge to build up a friendship with Duane , whose latent qualities he later recognised . |
| 8 | Holy chaos reigned for a few moments while all heaven was let loose . |
| 9 | The Syracusan tyranny lasted for a few more years ; Hiero was even able to install his son Deinomenes as ruler of a new city of Etna , built to house the population of Katane and Naxos , ousted some time in the 470s ( cp . |
| 10 | K. Peacock , of Belgrave Terrace , Hurworth Place , Darlington , remembers the whole class stood for a few minutes ' silence when told the news at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School . |