Example sentences of "[subord] [adv] for a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite this demonstration of his habitual need for normal sleep , even if only for a few hours a night , this same individual appeared on television a few years later , again claiming never to sleep . |
| 2 | Opportunities to relax and let her guard down , even if only for a few hours , had been rare . |
| 3 | We knew it was not true to life but it was a good way to escape our humdrum lives if only for a few hours . |
| 4 | Once in the hides , sentries had been posted to protect the company positions , and many of the men took the opportunity to get some rest , if only for a few minutes . |
| 5 | Grainne blinked and shook her head , because just for a few seconds she had seen with dreadful clarity the Dark Ireland , the Evil Realm , the world of malevolence and malignancy . |
| 6 | And all thanks I got was to be sacked at end of summer — though only for a few months , that is , 'cos of the revolution . |