Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun sg] for a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He fell headlong , his arms flailing , and struck the street hard enough to lose consciousness for a few seconds . |
| 2 | Sometimes we need to reflect publicly , sometimes to provide space for a few moments of private reflection — this might mean the children sit quietly alone while the teacher asks questions which they respond to in their thoughts , or the reflection might take the form of a diary , or perhaps an " emotional map " charting the highs and lows of a journey/adventure/exploration . |
| 3 | With ammunition stockpiles only sufficient to sustain combat for a few days , a lack of the requisite support crafts to service warships and insufficient wartime defence contingencies analysts said that future five-year plans needed to consolidate the qualitative rather than quantitative aspect of the Defence Forces . |
| 4 | Colleague , just one second , I do apologize for , for cutting in , but colleagues if you 're , if it 's your intention to leave Congress for a few moments please do it as quietly as possible . |
| 5 | The plan had been to leave hospital for a few days , beginning the next day . |
| 6 | The University is trying to raise support for an Equine Sports Medicine Centre , both to pursue research into these ‘ optimal training régimes ’ and to offer a service for judging the fitness of equine athletes . |
| 7 | Picture a once decent apartment building in the Bronx , New York , a part of the city where poverty , drug abuse , AIDS , and prostitution abound , and witness over a few years how it is transformed into a miserable squat and ultimately bulldozed to make way for a new police station . |