Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] for a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Caught off guard for a few moments , the gap between the two cars widened noticeably , before the cab screeched around a right-hand bend , losing it altogether . |
| 2 | He 's expected to be off work for a few days but will be recalled for important Commons votes , including the Maastricht Treaty social chapter next Thursday . |
| 3 | Yet another strategy is to put progress on ‘ hold ’ and stay with your current level of progress for a few weeks until you feel more accustomed to the level and better able to proceed . |
| 4 | that there have n't been any forces of change for a thousand years . |
| 5 | Now actually Mill did put the his erm this proposal forward , he was a member of parliament for a few years and he was trying to get this discussed in parliament . |
| 6 | There is nothing more demoralising than coming home with an injury which keeps you out of action for a few weeks . |
| 7 | Like no way I 've been out of work for a few months |
| 8 | A group of prisoners are out of jail for a few days … but the authorities know exactly where they are . |
| 9 | He pointed out a gruelling three-mile running course to Bowe , instructed him to learn it and then said he 'd be going out of town for a few days . |
| 10 | ‘ We 'll never find her , ’ he told the girl , Anne , ‘ let's just hang about out of earshot for a few minutes and go back . ’ |
| 11 | Finally , remember to protect oxygenating plants with wide cylinders or domes of netting for a few weeks to prevent any fish from pulling them up before they 're established . |
| 12 | This is merely likely to reinforce this response to travelling Instead , stop the car at a suitable spot and walk away out of sight for a few minutes . |
| 13 | But after the cauliflower curry , a couple of pounds of onion rings and six bottles of Kingfisher , I told him that I needed a place to stay out of sight for a few days . |
| 14 | You may think you have to cut back on the necessities of life for a few days or cancel a treat you had promised yourself and the family . |
| 15 | ‘ We 've been out of touch for a few days now . |
| 16 | It was a wind that might have swept the fields of mortality for a thousand centuries . |
| 17 | God set this Iain Og on the hot hob of hell for a thousand years — but not before I catch him ! ’ |
| 18 | And er we find that those of us who are working with homeless people are increasingly simply trying to find some kind of shelter for a few nights rather than actually trying to find a home for people . |
| 19 | Holiday parks in which you can camp , or stay in a chalet or caravan are now remarkably good — so much so that if you have n't tried this kind of holiday for a few years you could be in for a very pleasant surprise . |
| 20 | One lunchtime when she had been at the House of Mattli for a few months Paula went there for her usual coffee and the cottage cheese salad that was her staple diet now that it was so important that she did not add a single half-inch to her wand-slim figure . |
| 21 | There are some reprieved murderers whom it is right to release on licence after very short periods of imprisonment ( for example , a mother who kills an imbecile child from merciful motives ) , and it would be undesirable in such cases for a court publicly to pass a sentence of imprisonment for a few months or for a year or two , and thereby to create the impression that the taking of human life may in certain circumstances be no graver a crime than theft . |
| 22 | ( Busch-Petersen , a lawyer by profession and still in his twenties , was mayor in his home district of Pankow for a few months after the revolution , before being asked to head the east Berlin retailers ' association . |
| 23 | It was only fair that Neil Kinnock should be allowed to relinquish his post quickly , although the possibility of Roy Hattersley stepping in as deputy for a few months was ruled out too early . |
| 24 | Some of the males were injected with morphine for a few days and some were given other drugs . |
| 25 | As they leave the fair ( moving towards the camera , which pulls back with them ) , their joyful cries become unheard and they move in slow motion like creatures under water for a few seconds . |
| 26 | Inside her room , Mildred decided to get into bed for a few minutes to warm up . |
| 27 | Then it 's time to slide into bed for a few hours ' sleep , to be woken once again for a patrol that will signal the start of a new day . |
| 28 | I had a meal out with a friend recently , and now we 've got mother into hospital for a few weeks so that I can take my husband away on holiday . |
| 29 | Well now , look here , I think we 'd better pop you into hospital for a few days , where we can keep an eye on you . |
| 30 | She subsided into silence for a few minutes , her glance going around the room , her fingers twining restlessly in her lap until his hand reached out and covered hers . |