Example sentences of "[modal v] be [adv] for a [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'll be there for a few hours . ’ |
| 2 | No more than an hour passed before Jean-Claude came to me in the scullery and said he would be away for a few days . |
| 3 | Anything that kept her from running into Nicolo Sabatini was absolutely fine , which was why she had been delighted a few mornings later at the breakfast-table when he 'd told her he would be away for a few days . |
| 4 | If we work together then , perhaps , you will be here for a few months , if we fight then you are here for fourteen years ’ |
| 5 | Usually it will be only for a few seconds , but it is the ability to do it instantly on demand that is so important . |