Example sentences of "[adv] for a [adj] [noun pl] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | and even if you do n't it 's gon na c you know And er you get a few choice words and then eventually you say Well well look we 'll go outside and sit outside for a few minutes and d and wait till you 've decided what and do n't forget i time you kn you kn |
| 32 | It 's a wonderful opportunity , please do n't discard it out of hand because of pride or pique , just think it over for a few days and let me know your decision when you are ready . ’ |
| 33 | Scientific and technological advances will help the world deal with greenhouse gases , but not for a hundred years or so . |
| 34 | Tony sat quite still for a few moments and then parked his car on the wasteland at the side of the theatre . |
| 35 | Dip this end into hormone rooting powder while it is still moist from the cut so that some powder adheres , shake or tap off the surplus and lay it aside for a few minutes while the others are being prepared . |
| 36 | He gazed calmly for a few seconds before he lifted his hand in greeting . |
| 37 | ‘ He may decide to hold off for a few days and give steroids to develop the lungs , ’ Belinda suggested . |
| 38 | It goes straight for a few yards and then bends round the corner into blackness . |
| 39 | I wonder if you 'd care to wander up for a few minutes and we could perhaps move this matter of Gray on a bit ? |
| 40 | We actually split up for a few days because his mother sent a Christmas card to him and not to me . |
| 41 | He came up for a few days and stayed in Mackay 's Hotel in Ardallt . |
| 42 | ‘ I was hoping Kenny could put me up for a few days until I 'd sorted things out with my parents . |
| 43 | 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 ? ’ |
| 44 | The boy fought wildly for a few seconds but then his right arm was bent back behind him until he called out in the most desperate agony he had ever known . |
| 45 | We take our clothes off and I stick my penis into you and pull it in and out for a few minutes and white stuff comes out and you say ‘ Is that it ? ’ |
| 46 | Yeah , and they 're only out for a few minutes and they 're fed up out there as well , and backwards and forwards like a fiddlers elbow go on I want to put those lupins in |
| 47 | He went out for a few moments and stood on the steps between the Greek pillars , looking in the direction of the Residency for any sign of movement . |
| 48 | We all thought right okay , we 'll get out for a few days and matters 'll come to a head , get sorted out and we 'd be back at work , happy as anything you know , everything sorted within a couple of weeks . |
| 49 | ‘ I would roll over on my ankle and it would pop out for a few seconds and click back in again ’ . |
| 50 | It goes back for a hundred years or more . |
| 51 | But despite the presence of several musical forms here — canzonas , capriccios , ricercars and motets — and it does begin to sound a bit samey , and I was just beginning to tap my fingers halfway through when the Loeki Stardusters began their arrangements of a part of Palestrina 's Lamentations of Jeremiah , a hauntingly beautiful piece of music , arranged here for a lower-pitched recorders than the rest of the programme . |
| 52 | When a dog does start to show signs of becoming difficult about a visit to the surgery , you may want to arrange with your vet simply to walk up to the waiting room , pause here for a few moments and then return home . |
| 53 | So this morning the fat little chap in the long white coat who was sorting us out in the Dean 's Office said I 'd better come along here for a few days until they got me organized with another partner . |
| 54 | I thought I would get a job there but I could n't for a few months and er , my wife and two children joined me there and my brother 's wife joined us there , and two of us bought the house in Luton . |
| 55 | Some think that he will go abroad for a few days and the CIA will then engineer his return in a countercoup , just as it did in 1953 . |
| 56 | Edward appeared to think hard for a few moments and then got up and left the room abruptly . |
| 57 | There is no reason why you should not have a weekly reward for remaining the same weight , at least for a few months after you have attained your ideal shape . |
| 58 | Stay there for a few minutes and you will begin to experience one of several sensations : it may be a slight breeze , or perhaps a tingling sensation , heat ( especially in the palms ) , static or even a magnetic pull . |
| 59 | The sudden change of colour on the wall had upset its sense of direction and it buzzed about angrily and eventually it came into the porch where I was sitting and it stayed there for a few minutes and then went outside searching the wall again for the entrance . |
| 60 | ‘ = and they were going to stay there for a few weeks until their faces were off the front pages and they could tiptoe away . |