Example sentences of "[vb past] for a [adj] [noun pl] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A 36-day strike by workers in the mining and metallurgical industry over wages and conditions was ended by an agreement on July 23 , 1990 , which provided for a substantial wages and conditions package , payment during the strike and a one-off cash payment . |
| 2 | Then he rested for a few minutes and pushed on again . |
| 3 | Sniffed for a few weeks or months . |
| 4 | We talked for a few minutes and he was in great spirits . |
| 5 | A large number of periodicals survived for a few issues and then disappeared : ten ceased or suspended publication during 1971 . |
| 6 | They chatted for a few minutes but Treloar had nothing more to say . |
| 7 | Melissa watched for a few seconds as he worked , apparently impervious to the heat , then turned back to where the others were waiting . |
| 8 | He shaded his eyes and blinked for a few seconds until he had adjusted to the change . |
| 9 | She struggled for a few moments until , overcome apparently by shock , she lost consciousness . |
| 10 | Holy chaos reigned for a few moments while all heaven was let loose . |
| 11 | Howard thought for a few moments and then said , ‘ I think I know what time the next plane leaves for London . ’ |
| 12 | Finding she could n't push the pram up the slope , she thought for a few seconds and then tried to pull it up . |
| 13 | so I managed for a few weeks and then I went to lodge with my sister at Trimley |
| 14 | It was just a fantasy I nurtured for a few years as I puffed and panted my way through the ten-foots and alleyways of downtown Hull . |
| 15 | When this came to light we insisted for a few days that employees should seek permission to leave the company premises . |
| 16 | Janine hesitated for a few seconds before she slipped into them . |
| 17 | So I went back to alight indicator , pulled down only a few inches , which was enough to allow the bream to suck the bait to their lips , and then I paused for a few seconds while I watched the line from the rod-tip tightening in the water . |
| 18 | Harris paused for a few seconds while he negotiated the cabriolet over some deep ruts in the high road . |
| 19 | The acute depression lasted for a few months but the wounds healed enough for Gedge to build up a friendship with Duane , whose latent qualities he later recognised . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | The fighting continued for a few seconds before they realised that it was no longer dark . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | The Soul Eater crouched for a few moments and Nuadu saw that a thin silvery fluid was beginning to course along its hollow talons . |
| 24 | She saw him scowl darkly as he scanned the page , and wondered for a few moments if perhaps , although he could speak her tongue almost as if he 'd been born in her country , he did not read English so well . |