Example sentences of "[unc] [noun] for [art] few [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 The downfall of Mrs Thatcher , the arrival of John Major at 10 Downing Street and the Gulf War took the spotlight away from the Group 's activities for a few months .
2 New sayings are on everyone 's lips for a few years and then for no reason they disappear , becoming as dead and as dated as the dodo .
3 He left the king 's service for a few years after March 1245 ; it was probably during this period that he compiled a metrical grammar for the children of Hamo de Pecche , a Cambridgeshire baron .
4 Move to the Right , accept Witte 's or Stolypin 's terms for a few posts in the cabinet , and they risked becoming hostages in a regime over which they would exercise no control .
5 Could you not have sat tight in the fellow 's house for a few weeks longer ? ’
6 The second is a slick operator , who studies his victim 's habits for a few days to establish a safe crime time .
7 Martin Ward got to his feet , dusting off sand , and they held each others ' eyes for a few moments without speaking .
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