Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] for a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Asking the candidate to wait on for a few minutes . |
| 2 | " Ask Dr. Lorrimer to come down for a few minutes , will you please ? " |
| 3 | I ask him to come down for a few days and I also invite Lady De Marr . |
| 4 | I wonder if you 'd care to wander up for a few minutes and we could perhaps move this matter of Gray on a bit ? |
| 5 | He was wondering how he was going to slip out for a few hours without alerting his mother . |
| 6 | This planning diary should show , for example , weeks in which certain lecture courses begin or in which certain work assignments are due for presentation ; weeks in which there are social or sporting events ; weeks in which you are free to take a break or to go away for a few days . |
| 7 | It could be that the couple simply decided to go away for a few days , but those who know Mrs Allsopp say it 's unlikely she would have left without telling anyone . |
| 8 | I 've only met kennel cough once and that was last year , when a dog belonging to a friend caught it after having been boarded out when she had to go away for a few weeks . |
| 9 | Once well formed , remove the polythene bag and allow to grow on for a few weeks before potting on each plant singly . |
| 10 | There is a fundamental contradiction between the official figures ( which , as Teddy perfectly fairly pointed out , showed that 75 per cent of those who went on Government schemes did secure subsequent employment ) and the common experience that such jobs tended to last only for a few months . |
| 11 | Most mothers , if forced to leave home for a few days , would entrust their children to the pet dog for safekeeping rather than hand them to their lawful father . |
| 12 | Now I was talking to your Doctor who was wondering whether we might want to go out for a few beers at some point |
| 13 | A dreadful pregnancy or birth that produces a healthy baby can make it difficult for a mother to allow her baby to cry even for a few minutes . |
| 14 | Whereas it is obvious that the launch must be abandoned anywhere near the ground , halfway up the launch it is reasonable to hold on for a few seconds to see if the speed picks up again . |
| 15 | ‘ He may decide to hold off for a few days and give steroids to develop the lungs , ’ Belinda suggested . |
| 16 | It finally erupted when Mozart asked for permission to stay on for a few days in Vienna to collect some outstanding fees . |
| 17 | Andy had n't meant any more than his pressing need to stay in for a few weeks till he had made more headway with his revision . |
| 18 | Even so , it was not unusual for friends and kinsmen to drop in for a few minutes , an hour , to see the news or a comedy . |
| 19 | The jeep driver was pleased at the opportunity to get away for a few hours and we set off about 3 p.m. , arriving in the area of the Highland Division a short time later , after following their divisional signs along the country lanes . |
| 20 | The august meeting of the Herts and District Metal Detection Society , while not up to its usual high attendance , owing to many people managing to get away for a few weeks holiday , still managed to attract forty-five members . |
| 21 | ‘ Would it be possible to stay here for a few days ? ’ |
| 22 | ‘ = and they were going to stay there for a few weeks until their faces were off the front pages and they could tiptoe away . |
| 23 | Edward appeared to think hard for a few moments and then got up and left the room abruptly . |
| 24 | You may like to think quietly for a few moments , then read these words from the first letter of John . |