Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [adv] for a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | The track , after leaving the ridge , went steeply down for a few yards and then turned to the right and ran diagonally across the hill for a hundred yards ; the pile of rocks was about midway on the right-hand side of this length of the track . |
| 2 | After that things went more smoothly for a few days , at least until the following Monday . |
| 3 | She sat there silently for a few moments . |
| 4 | Gordon sat quite still for a few seconds , then uncrossed his legs and went out of the room , a room in his own house , or rather his mother 's . |
| 5 | Tony sat quite still for a few moments and then parked his car on the wasteland at the side of the theatre . |
| 6 | He stood very still for a few seconds , a faint frown lining his forehead , then the wide mouth twisted in the wry teasing smile which flipped her heart over . |