Example sentences of "[adj] for only a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | She put her hands against her face , thinking , ‘ I shall stand this for only a few seconds more , then I shall leave . ’ |
2 | They had been married for only a few weeks before he had been hacked down by a sabre . |
3 | This feature allows the virus to persist in the environment even though its host , the insect larva , may be present for only a few weeks during the year . |
4 | Despite having been in the open for only a few seconds , they had been soaked . |
5 | Having used version 5.5 for only a few days I could never go back . |