Example sentences of "[conj] for [art] few [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the vista that opened before them was so fantastic that for a few moments she almost forgot to be afraid . |
| 2 | He was so astonished that for a few seconds he stood where he was and when he did turn round he could see the top of the wall , the delicate pattern of wire mesh against the sky , and hear running footsteps . |
| 3 | A petite , pleasant-faced doxy , however , caught my eye and for a few hours I became old Shallot again , whiling away the time , telling the most outrageous stories and making her laugh both in the taproom and on her feather-filled mattress in the chamber above . |
| 4 | She lay back with a little thud and for a few minutes they were both silent . |
| 5 | George drove , not going anywhere , and for a few minutes he said nothing , then : ‘ Ecology . |
| 6 | He continued up the hill , and she went on down ; but a few paces further on she stopped and looked back , and it was at that precise moment that it happened , because he had turned back as well and for a few moments they looked longingly at each other , each tongue-tied , but each sure , now , of the other 's feelings . |
| 7 | ‘ Yes , ’ she said briefly , and for a few moments they studied each other . |
| 8 | Actually , I did n't like the way Diggs questioned me about what had happened , and for a few moments I thought he might have guessed , but my replies seemed to satisfy him . |
| 9 | Nuala positively glowed , and for a few moments she looked like a child who had been given a present . |
| 10 | And for a few weeks I was happy . |
| 11 | And for a few years it had just about done so . |
| 12 | ‘ She came back again when the baby was born and for a few months she tried , I 'll give her that . |
| 13 | Bellybutton was McIllvanney 's foreman , and for a few seconds I dared hope that he had come to help us , but instead he told me that one of the bareboat thirty-three-footers was in trouble . |
| 14 | His hotel room had three beds , and for a few days he shared it with two German boys , students , who had enormous rucksacks and bulky guidebooks , and who were eager for Tim to go round with them . |
| 15 | Then I made him a little tent to sleep in , but for a few weeks I always took my gun to bed with me . |
| 16 | Her earlier fears about what terrors lay in store returned , all the more powerful because for a few minutes she had forgotten them . |