Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] [verb] for a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was just a fantasy I nurtured for a few years as I puffed and panted my way through the ten-foots and alleyways of downtown Hull . |
| 2 | The unusual job I have for a few weeks is to collect unpublished or limited circulation material for whizzkid computer boffins in Oxford to tag and analyse on computers . |
| 3 | Is the price we pay for a few moments of Mills and Boon romance too high , leaving an aftermath of bitterness , boredom and let-down ? |
| 4 | When we reached the jetty we paused for a few moments to look across at the islet . |
| 5 | In his later life he became for a few months nearly as famous as Ramsey , though in a different context . |