Example sentences of "[am/are] [adv] [verb] for a [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bearing in mind that if we do have the whole house then people are only coming for a few days or or even one night could no they had somewhere to stay . |
| 2 | The winter sales may be coming to an end … but Gloucester 's rugby men are still looking for a few late bargains when they head north to Sale this weekend . |
| 3 | In 1773 when raw silk was difficult to obtain , the owner of a throwing mill in Sherborne wrote : … having discharged many of my hands which are either starving , or are become burdensome to the town , others are incessantly crying for a little work and could they obtain but a morsel of Barley-bread they are happy , they very often go days with little or no nourishment … the continued cries of the poor people complaining for want of the necessaries of life as well for want of employment is shocking indeed … and what is worse the overseers are not so bountiful to the necessitous as I could wish . |
| 4 | Overdrafts to customers are often granted for a few days or weeks . |
| 5 | I 'm not asking for a few soothing words to calm my conscience ; if I can , I want to help . |
| 6 | I 'm just visiting for a few days . ’ |