Example sentences of "[vb past] for a few [noun pl] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he rested for a few minutes and pushed on again . |
| 2 | We talked for a few minutes and he was in great spirits . |
| 3 | A large number of periodicals survived for a few issues and then disappeared : ten ceased or suspended publication during 1971 . |
| 4 | Howard thought for a few moments and then said , ‘ I think I know what time the next plane leaves for London . ’ |
| 5 | Finding she could n't push the pram up the slope , she thought for a few seconds and then tried to pull it up . |
| 6 | so I managed for a few weeks and then I went to lodge with my sister at Trimley |
| 7 | The calling continued for a few moments and then , with a cry of ‘ bitch ’ , to her horror , Nicky Scott Wilson began to make the most blood-curdling noise as he bayed her name to the night sky , like a wolf . |
| 8 | He arrived at 1.30am on the first day , slept for a few hours and turned up at the clubhouse to find he was in the field . |
| 9 | The Soul Eater crouched for a few moments and Nuadu saw that a thin silvery fluid was beginning to course along its hollow talons . |