Example sentences of "[adv prt] for a [adj] [noun pl] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Captain and his wife proved so hospitable that Ricky stayed on for a few days after Minton left to stay with Paul ( ‘ Odo ’ ) Cross and Angus Wilson at their home Rio Chico at Ocho Rios . |
| 2 | The travellers say they wo n't be moving on for a few days and tonight , the festival still appears to be in full swing.Local people are angry after finding drug-taking equipment dumped in gardens , and sheep savaged to death at a local farm . |
| 3 | Sometimes Sheila got away from her family to come with her and she drove down for a few hours as well as now and again in the middle of the week . |
| 4 | Why do n't we go and sit down for a few minutes and then you can decide what you want to do next ? ’ |
| 5 | The track , after leaving the ridge , went steeply down for a few yards and then turned to the right and ran diagonally across the hill for a hundred yards ; the pile of rocks was about midway on the right-hand side of this length of the track . |
| 6 | She may , for example , lay it down for a few seconds while she opens the entrance to her hole . |
| 7 | I ask him to come down for a few days and I also invite Lady De Marr . |
| 8 | At the present pace of progress in Brussels , similar changes throughout the EC may not come in for a dozen years or more , and British farmers fear that they will lose business while waiting for European competitors to catch up . |
| 9 | And the animals were certainly in for a few surprises as our team of ten raced by wearing bright yellow ‘ Wimpey Worldwide ’ T-shirts and hard hats . |
| 10 | Do you think I might come in for a few minutes and talk to you about Matilda ? ’ |
| 11 | Andy had n't meant any more than his pressing need to stay in for a few weeks till he had made more headway with his revision . |
| 12 | It 's a wonderful opportunity , please do n't discard it out of hand because of pride or pique , just think it over for a few days and let me know your decision when you are ready . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ He may decide to hold off for a few days and give steroids to develop the lungs , ’ Belinda suggested . |
| 14 | I wonder if you 'd care to wander up for a few minutes and we could perhaps move this matter of Gray on a bit ? |
| 15 | We actually split up for a few days because his mother sent a Christmas card to him and not to me . |
| 16 | He came up for a few days and stayed in Mackay 's Hotel in Ardallt . |
| 17 | ‘ I was hoping Kenny could put me up for a few days until I 'd sorted things out with my parents . |
| 18 | We take our clothes off and I stick my penis into you and pull it in and out for a few minutes and white stuff comes out and you say ‘ Is that it ? ’ |
| 19 | Yeah , and they 're only out for a few minutes and they 're fed up out there as well , and backwards and forwards like a fiddlers elbow go on I want to put those lupins in |
| 20 | He went out for a few moments and stood on the steps between the Greek pillars , looking in the direction of the Residency for any sign of movement . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | ‘ I would roll over on my ankle and it would pop out for a few seconds and click back in again ’ . |
| 23 | It goes back for a hundred years or more . |