Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv prt] for [art] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | On the return , you can stay on for a few nights in Copenhagen for just £39 per person per night . |
2 | Yes , I think I shall stay on for a few days here . ’ |
3 | The disk will whizz around for a few seconds , and then you get the rows of statistics . |
4 | She would twitter on for a few sentences to get everyone else to give their opinions , then make a decision . |
5 | Often the Phantasms — daemon-masked , each dabbed with different costly scents , and gowned in luminous silk appliquéd with lascivious emblems — would bomb around the broad upper avenues on their jet-trikes , and through almost deserted midnight malls , seeking stylised mayhem with another brat gang or hunting for an odour bar or an elegant brothel which they could take over for a few hours before fleeing just ahead of a Judge patrol . |
6 | The way things are , you might struggle on for a few months . |
7 | His meeting was not until the next morning , so he could switch off for a few hours . |
8 | I felt him go off for a few seconds . |
9 | Do not stand up for a few moments . |
10 | Do you think I might come in for a few minutes and talk to you about Matilda ? ’ |
11 | ‘ If Steve does n't come back for a few days I 'll probably have to go into Palma and see the airlines and the tourist board myself . ’ |
12 | We all thought right okay , we 'll get out for a few days and matters 'll come to a head , get sorted out and we 'd be back at work , happy as anything you know , everything sorted within a couple of weeks . |
13 | Why do n't we go and sit down for a few minutes and then you can decide what you want to do next ? ’ |
14 | Might as well sit down for a few minutes might n't we ? |
15 | Then if you 'd lie down for a few minutes , have a few minutes ’ sleep , you were right again . |
16 | Ask Lina if she 'd like to come up and help out for a few weeks ? |
17 | ‘ I would roll over on my ankle and it would pop out for a few seconds and click back in again ’ . |