Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] [verb] for a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | so I managed for a few weeks and then I went to lodge with my sister at Trimley |
| 2 | So I went back to alight indicator , pulled down only a few inches , which was enough to allow the bream to suck the bait to their lips , and then I paused for a few seconds while I watched the line from the rod-tip tightening in the water . |
| 3 | They 'd never amount to a fortune — not at a penny a hundred points — but at least they paid for a few packets of cigarettes . |
| 4 | Then he rested for a few minutes and pushed on again . |
| 5 | And there it teetered for a few seconds before finally toppling over and falling with a sharp tinkle on to the desk-top . |
| 6 | He was educated at Harrow , from where he went for a few months into his father 's City office , which he hated ; and he spent a term in Göttingen , learning German . |