Example sentences of "[vb infin] [art] [noun] for a [det] " in BNC.
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1 | She had promised to take me sailing , and Paula had let her borrow the boat for a few hours , as she had often done before . |
2 | ‘ But I can do an ad for a few thousand , then show them the sales figures . |
3 | It will stop the Yssgaroth for a few hours … . ’ |
4 | She thought she might avoid the place for a few days herself , just in case the boy had any ideas of adopting her as a protector . |
5 | It is a long way , yeah , yeah , but still , I mean if you do n't have a win for a few weeks then you have a hundred pound it 's ha |
6 | If there is no luck after a few days or the child is showing antagonism to the potty then the parent should leave the training for a few more weeks . |
7 | ‘ I did leave the party for a few minutes , it 's true . |
8 | Surely you can tap the chairman for a few quid so we can buy someone half-decent . |
9 | The first cultivators in Africa , as in all parts of the world , would farm a field for a few years and then , when its fertility began to drop , move on to an adjacent , or occasionally distant , area where high yields could be maintained for a similar period . |
10 | And that would pave the way for a more heavyweight challenger later — tactics which were successfully used to dump Mrs Thatcher . |