Example sentences of "[adv] for a few [noun pl] in " in BNC.

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1 Like the other Acorus species described so far , it grows only for a few months in the aquarium .
2 Already their affair was like marriage , with its own dispiriting routine , this shabby coming together for a few hours in the shabby office .
3 The membranes of course contain both the proteins and the enzyme that phosphorylates them , protein kinase C. If radioactive ATP is added to a tiny sample of the membranes , and incubated together for a few seconds in a miniature test-tube , the membrane proteins become both phosphorylated and radioactive .
4 What is the best way to protect my plumbing system while I am away for a few days in cold weather ?
5 If the war was n't actually forgotten , it was put aside for a few days in the district around Screehaugh .
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