Example sentences of "[v-ing] for a [adj] [noun pl] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was very simple , efficient , and reliable in operation , with the minor disadvantage that the vaporizer required preheating for a few minutes before the engine could be started ; when running , it retained sufficient heat to ignite the injected fuel . |
| 2 | Uplands kept its wholesaling operation going for a few years after I left , but it does n't exist any more ; I think the day of the really small wholesaler is gone . ’ |
| 3 | On waking , try staying in bed on waking for a few minutes and let your mind try to recall . |
| 4 | He stood without moving for a few minutes and then he put out the light . |
| 5 | However , delay sowing for a few weeks if conditions are poor . |
| 6 | Bearing in mind that if we do have the whole house then people are only coming for a few days or or even one night could no they had somewhere to stay . |
| 7 | Later , Margaret stopped playing for a few years so she could concentrate on squash but three years ago she returned to the sport and now plays outside hitter for the Balerno team . |
| 8 | The fact was that Charles gave up shooting for a few years because he had simply grown bored with it : it was too easy to blast away overfed birds frightened into the air by a band of beaters . |