Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] for a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Brian sits reflectively for a few moments … |
| 2 | Like the other Acorus species described so far , it grows only for a few months in the aquarium . |
| 3 | It goes straight for a few yards and then bends round the corner into blackness . |
| 4 | It goes back for a hundred years or more . |
| 5 | Lesley-Jane will be fine if she just rests up for a few days . |
| 6 | This inherited , natural , passive ( the baby has not produced it ) immunity to , for example , measles and whooping cough usually lasts only for a few months after birth . |