Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] for a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I remember I was once experimenting with a gauze — it had been in La Scala for a hundred years and was full of dust . |
| 2 | A great deal is going on in those regions , and people in the south who have not been north of Watford Gap for a few years should go and see what is happening there . |
| 3 | All were powered by GE engines and were to formate on a Lear Jet flown by H Clay Lacey for a public relations photographic sortie over the Mojave Desert . |
| 4 | It was only a vote in the Commons at 11 p.m. that brought the evening to an end and then she returned to Downing Street for a few hours ' work on her boxes before turning in . |
| 5 | After standing silently looking up at the Brooklyn sky for a few minutes , and reciting a poem , she then jumped back into the car . |
| 6 | The driver stopped the jeep outside the Saulnier farm for a few moments to say goodbye to the farmer , a very good friend to the Commandos , especially No. 6 Commando . |
| 7 | It contained a platinum US Approach card , a brick of travellers " cheques , and a cash-facility authorization at a Fifth Avenue bank for a thousand dollars a day , if needed . |
| 8 | Just as I had n't minded when asked if I would like to take care of Jeffrey Bernard for a few days while he was in Sydney to promote the play about himself , Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell , which is currently playing here . |
| 9 | Seems she 's been seeing Mr Marumba for a few months . |
| 10 | I 'd rather get Leeds tickets for it of course , but I 've a mate over from Norn Irn for a few days ( ex Larne and Crusaders player ) and he 's not a LUFC member . |
| 11 | It was at this point that I gave up any hopes for an aviation career simply because of the increasing high cost of hiring that DH Moth for a few hours every weekend . |
| 12 | Labour leader , Neil Kinnock has asked Mrs Thatcher for a full Commons debate on Britain 's entry into the European Exchange Rate Mechanism ; the debate 's expected when the House returns next week . |
| 13 | This comment may have drawn attention to Mary Leapor for a few years . |
| 14 | The train stopped at Spean Bridge for a few moments , the platform was almost deserted . |
| 15 | I have not seen Brian Way for a few years now , since he went to work in America , but if he is continually developing his philosophy and practice at the rate Dorothy Heathcote is refining hers , then there is the added danger that anything written about them is out of date as it leaves the press . |
| 16 | Milton , the provost believed , should write to the collector of customs to have him tell the threatened tide waiter that he was in no danger , and at the same time secure an order for Main to cross to West Lothian for a few days , around the time of the burgh elections , in order to get him out of the way , for the election of the deacon of the wrights would turn on this single vote . |
| 17 | She spoke with Lord Furness for a few minutes , and then Lady Furness brought her over to see me . |
| 18 | Some of these sporting ‘ characters ’ play golf and appear with comedians such as Jimmy Tarbuck and Bruce Forsyth or actor Sean Connery for a few holes and a bit of friendly banter . |
| 19 | In fact he would have a selling job to do , but could hardly ask Jim Cavalier for a few hints . |
| 20 | But Steve had gone off with Maria Luisa for a few days and he was n't thinking about work , that was for sure , and she had n't her freedom anyway ! |
| 21 | Reed and his sister Miss B.C. Reed for a one-day foursomes competition . |
| 22 | ‘ After I had been at the Bedford Institution for a few years there were changes for the better . |
| 23 | In April the Prince went off to the Kalahari Desert for a few days with Sir Laurens Van der Post , to see for himself the society that his friend had written and talked about so much . |
| 24 | The cash-and-carry transactions used to determine the CTD bond for a given futures price can also be used to determine the fair price of the futures contract once the price of the CTD bond is known . |
| 25 | My boyfriend at the time , two friends and I , decided to kick around the Loch Tay area for a few days between Christmas and New Year , since the only decent hotel we could find open was the Ledcreich Hotel at Balquhidder . |
| 26 | Gabrielle went to stay with her parents in the Kent countryside for a few days after the hearing , collected her thoughts and decided to carve out a life for herself and her children . |
| 27 | The machine was shipped to Orkney , still not in working order , while Ingrid carried on going to Yorkshire to process a big order from Paul Smith for a bold circles design on chalkstripe suiting . |
| 28 | Living with his mother Kiefer stayed in Los Angeles for a few years before moving back to Bridgewater Canada . |
| 29 | Oswaldston 's going to be living off Walter Machin for a few years . ’ |
| 30 | Later he put aside his grief to invite successor Bill Clinton to the White House for a few tips on settling in . |