Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [adv] for a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ At least , let me stay here for a few days . |
| 2 | And when I come here and I lived here for a few year and then really saw what it was like , I thought , God , never again . |
| 3 | And , miraculously , there was little resistance and I stared in disbelief as the great organ disappeared gloriously and wonderfully from sight I was right behind it with my arm , probing frantically away up to the shoulder as I rotated my wrist again and again till both uterine cornua were fully involuted Ben I was certain beyond doubt that everything was back in place I lay there for a few moments , my arm still deep inside the sow , my forehead resting on the floor . |
| 4 | We sailed into a murky , airless dawn veiled by the thin drizzle of a Scotch Mist , and I turned in for a few hours . |
| 5 | I struggled manfully for a few minutes , neatly nicking Ann 's fishing hat off , which we had to row after to recover ; catching Alan 's flies , on a back cast , and finally managing to get floss and line mixed up in an unbelievably intricate tangle . |
| 6 | During the war I worked for the women 's voluntary service and shortly afterwards I went abroad for a few years , returning in the late 1940s , divorced with three children . |
| 7 | Can SHe stay here for a few days ? ’ |
| 8 | Still able to feel the firm sand beneath her feet , she swam quietly for a few minutes , before turning over on to her back . |
| 9 | Sometimes Sheila got away from her family to come with her and she drove down for a few hours as well as now and again in the middle of the week . |
| 10 | She thought carefully for a few moments before she said , ‘ Silas — are n't you being unreasonable and somewhat unfair to both yourself and to Doreen ? ’ |
| 11 | You thrash around for a few minutes , trying not to breathe , but you have to inhale sometimes . ’ |
| 12 | She struggled furiously for a few seconds but her former strength was lost to her . |
| 13 | There was wild thyme growing up here too , and as she lay back for a few blissful moments ' rest its delicate perfume assailed Robbie 's nostrils — another sensory memory to be stored away , she thought wistfully . |
| 14 | She said to me , " Ca n't you get away for a few days ? " |
| 15 | ‘ But if you carry on for a few more days on an unofficial basis , that 's your business . |
| 16 | She sat there for a few seconds , then heard a voice softly calling her name . |
| 17 | I got on before I could change my mind and we bounced around for a few minutes . |
| 18 | But if we wait patiently for a few picoseconds until the charges rearrange themselves there will be no further motion and the problem belongs to the realm of electrostatics . |
| 19 | We carried on for a few more yards , then retraced our steps down to the main level and back out into the sunshine . |
| 20 | At the summit cairn on Shunner Fell , we paused only for a few seconds to look towards Swaledale and back towards Mallerstang before moving on . |
| 21 | Before the members of the cast separated to check out of their lodgings on that last night of the provincial tour before moving in for a run at a West End theatre they got together for a few drinks on stage . |
| 22 | I ask him to come down for a few days and I also invite Lady De Marr . |
| 23 | The last time Iraq threatened Kuwait , in 1966 , the Brits flew 6000 troops into the principality where they sweated quietly for a few summer weeks until , the point having been taken , no more was heard about Iraq 's 19th province . |
| 24 | I felt him go off for a few seconds . |
| 25 | They scream in horrifying agony , and thick gouts of blood spray over anyone in the area as the meats fly with a squelch into roasting-trays on the tables , where they flop about for a few minutes like dying animals . |
| 26 | They stayed away for a few years , moving between the markets of the Sahel , exploiting differences in prices in different markets , until they had enough camels to go to Cairo . |
| 27 | They stood there for a few more seconds , staring at each other . |
| 28 | They stood together for a few moments , her head sunk in his mighty chest , his head finally bowed as he looked down on her . |
| 29 | They sat together for a few moments more , then he groaned . |
| 30 | Richard and a few followers escaped downstream to Geoffrey de Rancon 's castle at Taillebourg while the bulk of his troops were driven back into the cathedral , where they held out for a few days . |