Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [adv prt] for [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 've been mooning about for a few weeks , ’ she chuckled , ruefully . |
| 2 | She said it had been going on for a few months . ’ |
| 3 | It is part of a rather complicated arrangement that has been going on for a few years now . ’ |
| 4 | In Britain , those from the late Fifties and Sixties fetch about Pounds 1 , while pre-war badges can usually be picked up for a few pounds . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm going out for a few minutes . ’ |
| 6 | The travellers say they wo n't be moving on for a few days and tonight , the festival still appears to be in full swing.Local people are angry after finding drug-taking equipment dumped in gardens , and sheep savaged to death at a local farm . |
| 7 | Then the funeral was held up for a few days , and we soon realised that the effect was indeed cosmetic and nothing more . |