Example sentences of "[adv] for a few [noun pl] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | The wind group , as we have said , less frequently stands alone , and then only for a few bars at a time . |
| 2 | Central Office tried to keep the local parties alive , for the party truce was only renewed for a few months at a time and parliament was prolonged beyond its five-year term only for a few months at a time too . |
| 3 | He frowned down for a few moments at the damp patch on the matting at his feet , then he shook his head , as if ridding himself of some unwelcome thought , and looked up at me again . |
| 4 | Take this tiny sample : Leopold Bloom , the Dublin Jew , with his touching mixture of timorousness and courage , has looked in for a few moments at a church as a Mass is ending . |
| 5 | Now I was talking to your Doctor who was wondering whether we might want to go out for a few beers at some point |
| 6 | Initially for a few days at a time , then for weeks , and eventually whole months . |