Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [adv prt] for [art] few " in BNC.

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1 No answer , then Spencer passed out for a few seconds , only to wake to the pungent smell of burning and the sharp realisation that he must now get out of the thing .
2 ZOOLOGIST Terry Walton stopped off for a few days in India in 1967 .
3 He and Sybil took off for a few weeks ' holiday before going back to London .
4 Our son Greg came over for a few days to do some business in England and to see his father .
5 The Captain and his wife proved so hospitable that Ricky stayed on for a few days after Minton left to stay with Paul ( ‘ Odo ’ ) Cross and Angus Wilson at their home Rio Chico at Ocho Rios .
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