Example sentences of "[adv prt] for [art] [adj] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , the tree which from which bows used in the Battle of Agincourt could have been fashioned seems set to live on for a few more generations yet . |
| 2 | And so it went on for a few more minutes and then Anna returned , bearing a red packet labelled " Marlboro " . |
| 3 | We carried on for a few more yards , then retraced our steps down to the main level and back out into the sunshine . |
| 4 | The Steady State Theory floundered on for a few more years , being continually revised , but eventually its three proponents conceded defeat . |
| 5 | ‘ But if you carry on for a few more days on an unofficial basis , that 's your business . |
| 6 | I can go on for a few more days . |
| 7 | The weather was still warm and sunny , though , an Indian summer that looked like stretching on for a few more days yet . |
| 8 | It is common for patients to appear for their first out-patient appointment with one or other of these problems , which has been going on for the previous few weeks . |
| 9 | PLENTY of barmy things going on for the next few days , as the Festival of Comedy gets underway . |
| 10 | Watching on for the past few weeks have been a small handful of experts , among them Jim Railton of The Times , who 's been following the Boat Race for twenty years . |
| 11 | ‘ Adam Reed came on for the last half hour and did well for a 16-year-old . ’ |
| 12 | LLANDUDNO General Hospital will be virtually closed down for the next few days while the scale of the damage is assessed . |
| 13 | It could be another sign that EASE is in for a tough few months , ironic when its annual report due to be published soon , will show that it made its first modest profit in 1992 . |
| 14 | It may also be useful to have a risk management consultant in for the first few meetings , if only to kick-start the process and provide a few , objective ‘ what if ? ’ questions . |
| 15 | I 've been thinking it 's needed some more in for the last few meals . |
| 16 | their , their supply routes are n't as well defined as ours , but they 've got shear weight of numbers , see , I 'm af , I 'm afraid , I could be a fucking karate black belt or something right , so one on one against you I would n't have a problem , but if you went and got fucking thirty of your mates I would have a problem , I maybe able to hold you off for a fucking few minutes or something or if you could either contact , maybe a few months or years or something , but they will win |
| 17 | And being married to David made up for a great many afternoon teas and Women 's Institute meetings . |
| 18 | They were but it , well it was an event , a big event in , in the , among the younger people anyway in Brooks in Willenhall then and er it was really lovely , really lovely I forget if we had to pay to go in , but er we had er we saved up for a good few weeks before , so that we would have some money to spend at the Wakes it was one of the an event of the year then , but erm I used to like Willenhall Wakes and er I used to go dancing a lot well I was allowed to go dancing cos I 've always loved singing and dancing you see and er I was allowed but I had to be home before my father got home , but I was n't always . |
| 19 | ‘ I 've been fed up for the last few years and people have been telling me I am in danger of wasting my time . |
| 20 | I sat up for the next few nights , my head poking out of the back skylight of the loft , my ears straining for the tinkle of glass breaking or muffled curses , or the more usual signal of the birds being disturbed and taking flight , but nothing more happened . |
| 21 | Events lined up for the next few weeks include Indian dancer Bisakha Sarker performing as part of a Verbal Images event , a European Youth Dance Night , The Cholmondleys and V-Tol Dance Company . |
| 22 | If you leave the vehicle , the heat from the engine soaks into the carb and thaws it out for a few more miles . |
| 23 | And when I got back for the last few weeks Mortimer had left … ’ |
| 24 | When the goslings hatch , they will recognize the first moving object they see as the creature to follow around for the next few weeks . |
| 25 | However , the results — far from presenting a more ‘ acceptable ’ picture of English housing — bore out everything that housing experts had been warning the government about for the past few years of increasing housing cuts . |
| 26 | OSF 's singular appearance changes the rules the industry has been playing by for the past few years , narrowing the gap between the two camps , and allowing more room for the players to manoeuvre . |