Example sentences of "[adv prt] [adv] for [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Filling in perfectly for the missing men , women filled in the gaps in such important industries as agriculture , to provide food , weapons and munitions manufacturing , and railways and transport . |
| 2 | So this morning the fat little chap in the long white coat who was sorting us out in the Dean 's Office said I 'd better come along here for a few days until they got me organized with another partner . |
| 3 | The great Waka Nathan touched down twice for the All Blacks . |
| 4 | The owners of Land 's End are experts at the game and my friend Des Hannigan , who 's been working as a journalist down there for a few years , tells me they spray press releases at the local media with mad abandon . |
| 5 | When it got within spitting distance of Mafouz , who was now standing , arms loosely apart , mouth open , as if hypnotized by the thing 's movements , it did a sharp turn to the left , bounced along horizontally for a few yards , and then snarled up and down to land on the unfortunate boy 's head . |
| 6 | You may throw cells together at random , over and over again for a billion years , and not once will you get a conglomeration that flies or swims or burrows or runs , or does anything , even badly , that could remotely be construed as working to keep itself alive . |
| 7 | Why do n't you take the car and drive off somewhere for a few days ? |
| 8 | Switch it off now for a few minutes . |
| 9 | I 'd like you to put up there for a few days , and try to scrape acquaintance with her . |
| 10 | Meanwhile Saddam Hussein massed troops in northern Iraq in apparent preparation , said the United States , for an attack on the ‘ safe haven ’ set up there for the Iraqi Kurds . |
| 11 | You can stay up late for a few nights to finish that urgent report without getting irritable or asking too much of the people you live with . |
| 12 | After that , she went out later for a few mornings , not admitting to herself whether or not she was avoiding him . |
| 13 | We had a mixed bag on the night , Professionals , Semi-Professionals , Amateurs and members out simply for a good nights fun . |
| 14 | ‘ Can you hang on here for a few moments ? ’ |
| 15 | There was a plop as it landed in the water , then it thrashed around wildly for a few seconds before settling down . |
| 16 | They drove on silently for a few minutes and then Mrs Lomax suddenly spoke . |