Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] for a [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Baldwin met Parliament , Lloyd George might keep the Conservatives in for a few weeks to humiliate them . |
| 2 | I 'm gon na put me feet up for a few minutes , do you want now we 've nearly finished ? |
| 3 | The British Museum was still one unit , containing both natural history and works of art , and there were posts there for a few naturalists . |
| 4 | Bought in an English street market thirty years ago for a few shillings , a hitherto unidentified still-life by Luis Melendez ( 1716–1780 ) was sold at Bonhams on 10 December for £850,000 ( $1.36 million ) . |
| 5 | It seemed , as her mother would have said , ‘ a crime ’ to waste a beautiful afternoon in a stuffy cinema , but she might be able to shed her troubles there for a few hours . |
| 6 | In one instance , a stock of thousands of BBC props had been sold off this year for £75,000 yet the BBC later spent £1,100 renting just three items back for a few weeks . |
| 7 | Such meetings will also have a social function , bringing agents together for a few days to exchange ideas , discuss common problems and be made to feel part of the company . |