Example sentences of "[vb past] for [art] few [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Inspired by the arrival of The Beatles to play the guitar , he bought a cheap Harmony electric and a Kalamazoo amp and dabbled for a few years before joining a high school covers band , playing soul , rock and a good deal of Hendrix . |
| 2 | We stopped for a few hours in Aberdeen , long enough to allow Father to take us to see the house we had lived in until 1939 : Stranathro , at Muchalls , perched high on the cliffs by the road to Stonehaven . |
| 3 | He played for a few seconds with the animal 's jewelled collar then turned his eyes on me . |
| 4 | She drove for a few minutes in silence , then she said , ‘ You know what I 'm going back to ? ’ |
| 5 | It rained for a few days after that shake of early March . |
| 6 | They 'd never amount to a fortune — not at a penny a hundred points — but at least they paid for a few packets of cigarettes . |
| 7 | They walked for a few minutes in silence . |
| 8 | After completing his studies at Glasgow University , Gavin worked for a few months at a salmon farm near Ft William , checking for virus infection . |
| 9 | Snow settled for a few hours in the Dundee area , causing traffic problems . |
| 10 | And there it teetered for a few seconds before finally toppling over and falling with a sharp tinkle on to the desk-top . |
| 11 | Georgina chatted for a few minutes about the qualities she considered desirable in a secretary ; she even asked Celia 's opinion . |
| 12 | On the telephone , I was greeted with a very friendly and hearty ‘ Well … well … well ! ’ and we chatted for a few minutes as if there had been no break in our contact . |
| 13 | The Collector sat on his heels by the edge of the pit and watched for a few minutes before continuing on his way . |
| 14 | Early one pre-Sale morning a stranger silently passed two sorters working in the vestibule , went for a few minutes into the Church , which happened at eh time to be empty of all nut noods , and then said to them as he walked out ‘ You 've made that Church live . ’ |
| 15 | He was educated at Harrow , from where he went for a few months into his father 's City office , which he hated ; and he spent a term in Göttingen , learning German . |
| 16 | I just stood and stared for a few moments amid all the activity that was going on around the wounded Lovat . |
| 17 | ‘ So happy to gleet my good fliends here tonight ’ , he began , and spoke for a few moments on the glories of old Cathay . |
| 18 | She leaned for a few minutes on the stone parapet overlooking the river , shading her eyes against the glitter of sunlight on the water and feeling its warmth soaking into her bones , before crossing the road and plunging into the narrow streets of the old town . |
| 19 | He paused for a few seconds before proceeding . |
| 20 | His visit lasted for a few hours at most — taking into account the time spent asleep — and the only really detailed description he gave was of the accommodation in which he slept in General Gowon 's home . |
| 21 | Marlene waited for a few minutes before calling softly to Keith , |
| 22 | Normally Rachel slept for a few hours after the feed and Carrie had made sure her husband knew what to do should the baby wake up before she got home . |
| 23 | No she only stayed for a few weeks in Summer |
| 24 | We stayed for a few days in Paris on the way home , and Elizabeth wrote to me at our hotel . |
| 25 | Mark stood for a few moments at the corner of Parliament Street and Bridge Street . |
| 26 | They stood for a few moments in shy silence , staring from one to another . |
| 27 | She barely noticed it at all as she stood for a few seconds in front of the mirror and pulled the comb through her hair . |
| 28 | The decapitated head spun like a ball in the air , lips still moving ; his trunk stood for a few seconds in its own fountain of hot red gore before crashing on to the blood-stained ice . |
| 29 | Now that Elizabeth had exhausted the topic of Martha , they sat for a few moments in silence , one each side of the fire with a cup of tea . |
| 30 | Joe made room for me with the same amount of good grace he might have afforded an enemy invading his castle and we sat for a few minutes without speaking , inspecting the view . |