Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] for a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Van Cleef was cast opposite Eastwood in For A Few Dollars More ( 1965 ) and The Good , The Bad and The Ugly ( 1966 ) and immediately became a major star and a poster pin-up . |
| 2 | Central Office tried to keep the local parties alive , for the party truce was only renewed for a few months at a time and parliament was prolonged beyond its five-year term only for a few months at a time too . |
| 3 | They then worked on the script together for a few months before joining Peckinpah in England , where he was busy with pre-production . |
| 4 | ‘ I need your help just for a few minutes . |
| 5 | The sergeant thought Blanche would be tired after the tension of the previous hour or two , and he expected Blanche to sit at her desk quietly for a few minutes . |
| 6 | Is that not the best case ever for a clear promotions policy ? |
| 7 | Roll the cake up towards that end and hold in place just for a few minutes . |
| 8 | Then ignore the puppy entirely for a few minutes , emphasizing that no further play will follow under these circumstances . |
| 9 | If he was n't home , I 'd go back to the squat and keep my head down for a few days . |
| 10 | We weighed each other up for a few moments without speaking . |
| 11 | We pushed each other around for a few minutes . |
| 12 | He watched her face as she scanned the street and the square ahead for a few seconds and then moved on . |
| 13 | They rolled around on the ground together for a few moments and then the boy 's mother came out and gave him Sergeant 's leash . |
| 14 | She made to close the door on them when Mrs Phipps added , ‘ We 're gooin' from dower to dower ter get a collection up for a few flowers . |
| 15 | He became convinced that his nose was deformed and saw another analyst regularly for a few months , but he recovered — at least until the next lot of symptoms after he rejected her advice and interpretations and simply told himself to stop thinking about his nose so much . |
| 16 | Edouard said he 'd been obliged to keep an elderly English woman there for a few days , but she 'd been slipping out . ’ |
| 17 | She began a letter a month after their arrival with the words , ‘ Here we are in a large mansion , in a large park , with seventy head of deer around us ’ , before going on to describe a house which contained ‘ furniture enough for a dozen families like ours ’ . |
| 18 | Today she 's come to a pre admissions clinic just for a few hours . |
| 19 | When I was in Jordan in nineteen sixty five studying Arabic , I helped the Save The Children Fund operation there for a few months and this was undoubtedly one of the most enjoyable and interesting short periods of my life and I look back on it with great warmth and affection and as your Royal Highness knows , it happens also that many , many years ago before you were our president , my father occupied your office and I therefore come to this meeting today with some knowledge of the fund 's activities and with great admiration and respect for all the that the fund has achieved . |
| 20 | A number of retail outlets will allow you to take a rug home for a few days so that you can see it in the context of your home , and this simple precaution can not be recommended too strongly . |