Example sentences of "[conj] for [art] [adj] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh absolutely , yes I 'm not arguing about that , and as I said , heaven forbid that should happen , erm another point I did pick up from one report was that in the eight years war , and you 're quite right , the Iraqis are battle hardened , but the Iranian air force apparently could n't bomb Iraq to any great consequence except for the first few weeks of the conflict . |
| 2 | ‘ I tolerated her while Ma was alive to keep the peace for Ma 's sake , except for the past few months , but no more . |
| 3 | Although the night-time itching has been put down to the nocturnal habits of the mite , it is interesting that for the first few weeks of infestation , when the mites are presumably just as active , there are often no symptoms at all . |
| 4 | In the Balkans it meant that for the next few years Bulgaria under Stambouloff would look to Austria-Hungary ( and even , a little , to Turkey ) , for fear of Russia . |
| 5 | Joey relaxed , happy in the knowledge that for the next few weeks at least , the place would n't run dry of drugs . |
| 6 | Knew that she had warmed to him , that she wanted to ease his grief , and for a dangerous few seconds he thought he would cry . |
| 7 | He had his eyes closed , and for the first few moments Belinda kept hers open , so she could see in extreme close-up the blurred crescents of his dark lashes resting on the smoothly tanned skin of his cheeks . |
| 8 | The teachers were very helpful and caring , and for the first few days I thought I was getting on quite well with my new classmates . |
| 9 | Throughout the field investigation there will obviously be exchanges of information between the engineering , operational , flight recorder and pathological investigators , and for the first few days at least there will be regular meetings for mutual consultation at the end of each day 's work . |
| 10 | He 'd been making some records but they were n't successful and for the first few weeks after I 'd met him and decided to work with him , I was listening to songs that he 'd written , and was in the process of writing , and came to the conclusion that he was not essentially a singles artist . |
| 11 | So he decides to be cautious and for the first few laps , he just sits and waits . |
| 12 | With Lindsey 's Corsair being the only one of its type in Europe , airshow organisers had to approach him if they wanted a Corsair in their flying display , and for the first few years John Allison and Lindsey flew all over Europe with the aircraft . |
| 13 | For many years , both in the days of glassfibre and for the first few years of plastic , there was little variety in the shape of boats in general recreational use . |
| 14 | Cinestra offers a regular training programme , and for the past few years has operated a highly successful bursary scheme for new video makers which also offers practical production experience for the women they train . |
| 15 | And for the past few months , I 've been reading Viz. |
| 16 | Rachel Sims ( Mrs Miller ) is still serving with the Metropolitan Police Force , and for the last few years had been at the rank of inspector , until recently holding the post of Staff Officer to the Deputy Assistant Commissioner in charge of the North West London . |
| 17 | It was near the end of August , and for the last few days it had been like high summer . |
| 18 | But for some reason , Tina had adopted him in her rough , kindly way , and for the last few months school life had been bearable . |
| 19 | I was conscious soon after , and for the next few hours was in a state of half-sleeping , half-waking , yet aware of the presence of a pretty young nurse , perhaps Thai or Korean , who alternated between giving me sips of water and jabbing a needle in my bum . |
| 20 | Marilla agreed , and for the next few days Anne planned what she would put in her cake . |
| 21 | The harvest had started , everyone else was out in the fields , afraid it would rain , and for the next few days Libby and George joined in , stooking and carrying sheaves which they could seldom get to balance . |
| 22 | But it was not now so easy to get rid of Anselm : he refused either to comply with Henry 's demand or leave the country , and for the next few weeks he lived quietly on his manors . |
| 23 | No. 1–20 passed into the hands of London Transport and for the next few months continued to work as before . |
| 24 | When Mary I married Philip of Spain she decreed they ruled England jointly , and for the next few years until Elizabeth came to the throne the following strange convention was adopted for recording their regnal years : On 17 March 1649 the monarchy was abolished and during the period until parliamentary government was overtaken by the Restoration , English official documents were dated by the year of grace . |
| 25 | To elude Khomeinis avenging angels , Behbehanian went underground and for the next few years lived incognito at the homes of various friend , particularly in Switzerland . |
| 26 | In 1830 Artis returned to Castor and for the next few years divided his time between his business interests in Doncaster and small-scale excavations at Castor . |
| 27 | He felt estranged from his father and his new family , and for the next few years was back and forth between Cairo and Alexandria living with his uncles and attending different schools . |
| 28 | And er but er we got to know them eventually , but for the first few weeks , whilst we were in Devon , I think the five foreigners sort of got landed . |
| 29 | He was n't yet quite in the Michael jackson class , but for the last few months the little boy had been difficult in the extreme . |
| 30 | Until the recent arrival of Joanna Lumley , the only thing Lovejoy was likely to leap into was his open-topped Morris Minor , but for the last few episodes he 's been gleefully doing more bedding than bidding . |