Example sentences of "[art] [noun pl] for a few [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Starting with three 1½ × ¼in strips of ash for each I intended to steam the strips , clamp to the forms for a few days , and then glue and reclamp . |
2 | Well I I shall leave you to go through the questions for a few minutes . |
3 | The fry remain in the streams for a few weeks , feeding on the flush of insects and crustaceans that appear in the warming waters . |
4 | He continued to hold her by the arms for a few seconds longer , studying her face . |
5 | There wo n't be anything substantial from the labs for a few hours yet . |
6 | He wants to talk about getting some of his poets to work on the Alps — he 's looking after one or two o the Romantics for a few months , while a colleague of his is sitting on a commission of inquiry . |
7 | ‘ I 'll go out to the fields for a few hours to try to work off some of this . ’ |
8 | If the food you have given is not completely eaten , or if the water becomes cloudy , stop feeding the shrimps for a few days . |
9 | ‘ Twill do Anne no harm to leave off the dances for a few months out of respect for her grandma , ’ Julia said . |
10 | After all , there are lots of people for whom the cinema is just a place to go , to get away from the children for a few hours , to be together perhaps , for a courting couple . |
11 | Local shopkeepers , community centres , libraries and other local venues should be asked to display prominently the posters for a few days preceding the consultation date/s . |
12 | The lad should have been put in the cells for a few hours to cool off . |