Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] [verb] for a [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He says that if it 's given regular pruning there 's no reason why it should n't live for a few hundred years more . |
| 2 | Warned that she could only stay for a few moments , Laura had sat down quietly in a chair beside the bed , taking her cousin 's inert , pale hand and praying , as she had never prayed before , that Liz would be able to survive her ordeal . |
| 3 | Again , the benefits of being landlord , so far as they can enure to an owner who has parted with the property , would only continue for a former landlord who had continuing liability . |
| 4 | After the model had been repaired , Watt discovered that it would only work for a few stroked and then stop . |
| 5 | In ordinary aquarium sand or gravel it will merely survive for a few months . |