Example sentences of "the [noun prp] [noun sg] for a few " in BNC.
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1 | After standing silently looking up at the Brooklyn sky for a few minutes , and reciting a poem , she then jumped back into the car . |
2 | The driver stopped the jeep outside the Saulnier farm for a few moments to say goodbye to the farmer , a very good friend to the Commandos , especially No. 6 Commando . |
3 | Gabrielle went to stay with her parents in the Kent countryside for a few days after the hearing , collected her thoughts and decided to carve out a life for herself and her children . |
4 | ‘ After I had been at the Bedford Institution for a few years there were changes for the better . |
5 | In April the Prince went off to the Kalahari Desert for a few days with Sir Laurens Van der Post , to see for himself the society that his friend had written and talked about so much . |
6 | Later he put aside his grief to invite successor Bill Clinton to the White House for a few tips on settling in . |