Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] for a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Take this tiny sample : Leopold Bloom , the Dublin Jew , with his touching mixture of timorousness and courage , has looked in for a few moments at a church as a Mass is ending . |
| 2 | I was expecting you , of course , but I must have dropped off for a few minutes . ’ |
| 3 | In Britain , those from the late Fifties and Sixties fetch about Pounds 1 , while pre-war badges can usually be picked up for a few pounds . |
| 4 | Dexter had seethed silently for a few weeks and mentioned his anger to a priest during confession . |
| 5 | Maybe I should have hung on for a few days in there getting to grips with Alf Bundy 's ailments . |
| 6 | Ramesh K was then brought in for a few minutes . |
| 7 | After the fish had settled in for a few days , one that I had thought to be a male showed signs of filling eggs , and developed a bright yellow patch on her belly . |
| 8 | I 've only popped in for a few minutes . |
| 9 | To the Frenchmen behind , they must look like a couple of young lovers — youngish , anyway — who had stepped outside for a few minutes to admire the sights . |
| 10 | They 've gone away for a few days . |
| 11 | ‘ Oh — it 's my son — he 's got cystic fibrosis , and my wife 's gone away for a few days with a friend for a break . |
| 12 | Bob did not retire immediately as he has worked on for a few months to introduced new salesmen to their areas . |
| 13 | I have never had much stomach for fighting and I certainly did not relish the prospect of having my head knocked off for a few cigarettes ! |
| 14 | ‘ I think everyone is probably making far too much fuss , and Angela has just taken off for a few days ' holiday . ’ |
| 15 | If the war was n't actually forgotten , it was put aside for a few days in the district around Screehaugh . |
| 16 | After we had lived there for a few years , we wanted to buy it and do it up , so we asked my College for a mortgage . |
| 17 | This was the new name of a group which had already existed informally for a few years , with a number of representatives from well-known " reforming " Edinburgh families on its committee : the McLarens , Mairs and Stevensons for instance . |
| 18 | But it 's not for sale at any price — it 's more than a hundred years old , and was snapped up for a thousand pounds at auction . |
| 19 | Then the funeral was held up for a few days , and we soon realised that the effect was indeed cosmetic and nothing more . |