Example sentences of "[noun pl] for [art] few [noun pl] [coord] " in BNC.
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1 | No I can understand her not having , not wanting kids for a few years but , ca n't you ? |
2 | Those who could live on savings for a few weeks or months were ‘ that rare class ’ . |
3 | New sayings are on everyone 's lips for a few years and then for no reason they disappear , becoming as dead and as dated as the dodo . |
4 | Children with considerable learning problems were removed from mainstream classes for a few months and taught by a specially appointed additional teacher . |
5 | ‘ We pick them up , ’ the Skull was saying , ‘ they 're guys with no links , like on the pier or down in the meat streets , they 're always suckers for a few lines and a limousine . |
6 | More characteristic still are the thousands of tiny meltwater streams that trickle from ice-sheets and snow-banks for a few days or weeks each summer , often following the same channels year after year , and sometimes building up mats of vegetation along their course . |
7 | A soaking bumblebee crawled over a thistle-bloom , vibrated its wings for a few seconds and then flew away down the field . |
8 | But they admit that these babies had not achieved complete and independent toileting as they could only hold on to their eliminations for a few minutes and needed help to undress and get on the potty . |
9 | Ditton worked in the bakery over vacations for a few years and reckoned that each man had an illegal income of about 10 per cent of his bread sales , very little of which appeared as a loss in the firm 's financial records . |
10 | another driver says he came off in a field saw stars for a few seconds but he 's alright … |
11 | There are possible side effects such as nausea and headaches for a few days and extremely rarely there are other serious complications . |