Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [to-vb] for a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | The water was deep in the middle , so I had to swim for a few metres . |
| 2 | It was difficult to raise the vein as the filly staggered around , but she came to rest for a few seconds and I dug my thumb into the jugular furrow . |
| 3 | You need to rest for a few days , but you should be all right soon enough . |
| 4 | The Chinese do n't like their planes to fly unless the weather is absolutely O.K. So we had to wait for a few hours for the plane to arrive from Shanghai . |
| 5 | Here the footpath ended so we had to walk for a few hundred yards along a stretch of country road . |