Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] for a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dexter had seethed silently for a few weeks and mentioned his anger to a priest during confession . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | They 've gone away for a few days . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . |
| 5 | If the war was n't actually forgotten , it was put aside for a few days in the district around Screehaugh . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |