Example sentences of "[pron] for a few [noun pl] [conj] " in BNC.
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1 | Can you excuse me for a few minutes while I have a word with the others and then I 'll be straight back to you ? ’ |
2 | Yeah , even on the phone our Rob rings up and er , he 'll speak to me for a few minutes and he speaks |
3 | The Brigadier glared at me for a few seconds and replied rather quietly . |
4 | There had been a stray mongrel whom they had named Herbert , with a large uncoordinated body and look of lugubrious disapproval who had attached himself to them for a few weeks and whose voracious appetite for dog-meat and biscuits had had a ruinous effect on the housekeeping . |
5 | A solution is to make the following adjustments and stick to them for a few days while the body clock follows the lead given by your altered life-style . |
6 | Do a few products and then , leave them for a few days and go back and integrate them . |
7 | He read to himself for a few minutes while William perused the review section , but his agitation could not long be contained in silence . |
8 | ‘ Did you think that I would make love to you for a few days and then let you walk out of my life without trying to get in touch ? ’ |
9 | Could I stay with you for a few days and learn how you manage without magic ? " |
10 | Azmaveth considered something for a few moments and then nodded to herself , as if she 'd made a decision . |
11 | The woman stared at him for a few moments as she mulled over his offer . |
12 | The regime thus charged him with damage of government property and jailed him for a few months until he was released under a general amnesty . |
13 | The children skipped along with him for a few yards and he saw how beguiling their faces were , the large dark eyes , the straggle of thick black hair , the earnest looks of desperate innocence . |
14 | The thing is you 've got to it 's it 's like Nigel , I mean , he works for my uncle erm and he had the other guy Mark working for him for a few years and then he employed Nigel , but Mark was n't a fully qualified plumber and Nigel was and he 's ooh I do n't know about I think he 's about nineteen or no he 's about twenty three I think , yeah |
15 | As I stood watching him for a few seconds and looking at the damage to his farm buildings and the dead and wounded cattle around the orchard , I thought to myself . |
16 | I looked after him for a few days before he died . ’ |
17 | They let me hold her for a few minutes and then they took her away upstairs to Special Care . |
18 | In fact , she did not realise she was to have the honour conferred on her for a few days after the letter arrived . |
19 | In the end , the big woman with the cherries in her hat had dragged the now screaming child from his mother 's arms , pulling poor Edith along with her for a few steps until she had dropped sobbing on to the linoleum . |
20 | And when she jumped up again , the chair sort of stuck to the seat of those awful green breeches she wears and came up with her for a few seconds until the thick syrup slowly came unstuck . |
21 | Did Changez have any idea of the reluctance with which his bride-to-be , now moving across to her bookshelf , picking up a book by Kate Millett , staring into it for a few minutes and replacing it after a reproachful and pitying glance from her mother , would be exchanging vows with him ? |
22 | Halt it for a few minutes and it would die altogether . |
23 | So have a look through your book have a very quick glance at erm if you can just at an acid alkali one , at one side of an equation co try not to read it cover it up write it down and leave it for a few minutes till you 've forgotten if you did accidentally see what was on the other side till you 've forgotten it . |
24 | In that case the Lapp had said he would do it for a few drinks if we had any with us . |
25 | I enjoyed it for a few weeks but then went to Stanley . ’ |
26 | Geoff Butterwick , public transport manager for Suffolk County Council , said : ‘ We 've only had it for a few weeks but it 's already proving useful and I 'm sure it will make life a lot easier . |
27 | However , she only keeps it for a few weeks before it is handed back to the new Lady Mayoress by the sheriff for the price of a kiss . |
28 | He designed and built it specially for his wife because she 'd always wanted to live by the river , but she only had time to enjoy it for a few months before she died . |
29 | In this case , leave it for a few months and try going again later . |
30 | I could let you have it for a few months until you get sorted out . ’ |