Example sentences of "for [adj] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately , to guarantee that four satellites will always be visible would require 24 of them — and there will not be that many around for another few years . |
| 2 | So for another few weeks or months the question of the unification of weak and electromagnetic interactions is still open . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's only for another few days then I 'll sign off , ’ Dad promised . |
| 4 | They 're keeping him in hospital for another few days to carry out more tests . ’ |
| 5 | Wondering why he had n't been awakened for his breakfast , he contemplated snuggling down beneath the covers for another few moments when he heard the door bell ring . |
| 6 | We have even seen lecturers complete their lectures and leave the room while the students have had to sit for another few minutes taking down the last load from the blackboard ! |
| 7 | The passage continued for another few metres . |
| 8 | Dexter did not see Blanche for another few hours . |
| 9 | Roman observed her for another few moments . |
| 10 | Keith obviously is still continuing because s again some money was found to keep his , to keep paying him for another few months . |
| 11 | Yet the thought of being cooped up indoors for another few hours made her feel almost suicidal . |
| 12 | I waited for another few seconds and then crossed the landing to my own flat where I completed my own process of locking myself in for the night . |
| 13 | On Aug. 27 the USA had announced that 1,500 US troops would remain in Kuwait for another few months . |
| 14 | ‘ Ah , we can leave that for another few days , then I 'll see one of these film people the General mentioned . |
| 15 | ‘ I have looked after myself so hopefully my body will repay me by keeping going for another few years . |
| 16 | I wore my dark glasses even for these few moments , as my blue eyes were always straining in the brilliant light . |
| 17 | Further still , despite their gaps , Eadmer 's History and Anselm 's letters together allow a remarkably complete account of royal and papal negotiations and political vicissitudes to be given for these few years . |
| 18 | Scientific interests have been chosen for these few pages of examples because of the tendency in some quarters to assume that resource-based learning is a Humanities or Social Studies prerogative . |
| 19 | As I watch , I am quickening to the single thought that this man , for these few moments , is probably running faster than any other man one earth . |
| 20 | You only want a little one for those few tins . ’ |
| 21 | For those few moments , as Zero 's invisible brethren attentively scan and store his transmitted data , he is no longer a wimp . |
| 22 | The men march with their warders and when they are clear of the confines of the fences for those few steps they are hemmed in by the soldiers and the dogs . |
| 23 | And for those few women who parrot their words . |
| 24 | And for those few hours after she got home she found she could talk to her mother properly for the first time in over two years . |
| 25 | He liked to tell one that he was a dilettante , ‘ I 've never written a line for publication nor put brush to water-colour , in short I never did a stroke of work , except for those few years teaching at Harvard , and I must admit that I enjoyed every moment of them — in retrospect . ’ |
| 26 | I knew myself to be , for those few hours , Queen of his heart . |
| 27 | For those few moments life seemed not to be quite the noisome beast it had become of late — the pale November sun was a warming coin in the palm , fear was forgotten , bloodshed cleansed away , losses solaced . |
| 28 | Screening of athletes would detect only a small proportion of affected individuals , though it may reduce the risks of sudden death on exertion for those few . |
| 29 | ‘ Only for those few feet outside . |
| 30 | But at least for those few moments he had shown as human , like other men . |