Example sentences of "[coord] for a [det] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | Out of the short-wave receiver comes a scratchy-hum , and for a few bleary seconds I think it 's a radio station closed down for the night . |
2 | And for a few fleeting months during our 1992 winter of discontent , he acted as guru to the IRFU on the way ahead for the sport . |
3 | ‘ Now I just draw out from the bank a spending allowance for the week — to pay mum back , to cover essentials and for a few little extras . |
4 | She sipped the pink gin , and for a few delirious seconds Peter wondered if it had turned out well because she had met him instead . |
5 | His parents had neglected this aspect of his upbringing , having largely abandoned their religion but for a few outer forms before he was born . |
6 | Below , a tightly-packed steel chamber , dark but for a few naked bulbs , was filled with squat metal ten-gallon drums . |