Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] for a few [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The tape crackled for a few seconds and then hummed as he replaced the receiver . |
| 2 | Predictions from these tables will let you down once or twice a year when a session of light wind invades for a few days . |
| 3 | The fighting continued for a few seconds before they realised that it was no longer dark . |
| 4 | The light changed for a few minutes and a watery sun hit the flanks of Lovely Seat . |
| 5 | The decapitated head spun like a ball in the air , lips still moving ; his trunk stood for a few seconds in its own fountain of hot red gore before crashing on to the blood-stained ice . |
| 6 | Grandma lay for a few days drifting in and out of sleep , unaware of everything about her , until one afternoon when Julia and Carrie were sitting with her . |
| 7 | Leave the rabbit to set for a few moments . |
| 8 | But now they 're having a heated debate about script changes , so I grabbed the chance to escape for a few minutes . ’ |
| 9 | If the hon. Gentleman waits for a few days , he may be made aware of developments emanating from a source not far from me now which may interest him and which may deal with that point . |
| 10 | The mother 's death is portrayed in a macabre scene where Walter is unsure whether she has died , or even what death is , and allows the corpse to rot for a few days while he sits by her side . |
| 11 | It became the Chancellor 's habit to interrupt his morning procession to work for a few minutes of Cabinet Room conversation with the Prime Minister . |
| 12 | It should also help if you leave the paper to rest for a few minutes before stretching with gum strip . |
| 13 | Old photographs , such as those in the Sprott Collection , show wide , uncluttered streets , no traffic save for a few carts and other horse-drawn vehicles and plenty of space for people to stand . |
| 14 | The creature staggered for a few seconds and turned to scream . |
| 15 | Holy chaos reigned for a few moments while all heaven was let loose . |
| 16 | The wireless crackled for a few moments until , after much jiggling with the knobs , the voice of Mr Chamberlain became clear . |
| 17 | Uplands kept its wholesaling operation going for a few years after I left , but it does n't exist any more ; I think the day of the really small wholesaler is gone . ’ |
| 18 | The big man thought for a few seconds , then laughed . |
| 19 | The artist thought for a few moments . |
| 20 | THE POCKET DREAM , by Elly Brewer and Sandi Toksvig , is a TV sketch of no freshness or wit extended for a few hours , like a sausage that is half cereal and half donkey meat . |
| 21 | The calling continued for a few moments and then , with a cry of ‘ bitch ’ , to her horror , Nicky Scott Wilson began to make the most blood-curdling noise as he bayed her name to the night sky , like a wolf . |
| 22 | Let the print drain for a few seconds and place it on your flash enlarger ( that 's why the bin liner ) and now run your flash test across the print . |
| 23 | Let the print drain for a few seconds and place it on your flash enlarger ( that 's why the bin liner ) and now run your flash test across the print Exposure times should exceed your previously established ‘ max.flash ’ . |
| 24 | This vigorous phase continued for a few days , with the column of steam and ash climbing eleven kilometres high above the volcano and showering ash over points up to 480 kilometres distant . |
| 25 | He then occupied a country living for a few years before returning to Winchester as chaplain to the Bishop , George Morley , who was a close friend of Izaak Walton . |
| 26 | The starts of Flatliners ( 15 ) — including off-screen lovers Julia Roberts and Kiefer Sutherland — find a way to die for a few minutes just to see what life is like ‘ on the other side ’ . |
| 27 | The acute depression lasted for a few months but the wounds healed enough for Gedge to build up a friendship with Duane , whose latent qualities he later recognised . |
| 28 | So it might pay a mother to wait for a few days and see what happened to the baby . |
| 29 | It is normal for this sensitivity to remain for a few flights and then gradually to disappear . |
| 30 | When the seeds drop off from the flowering spike , they should be left in the tank to float for a few days . |