Example sentences of "of [art] [noun sg] for a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have n't seen my , never saw my grandfather and so family has been out of the country for a few generations now . |
| 2 | Periodically Utrillo was allowed out of the asylum for a few days and occasionally he escaped . |
| 3 | When the Magistrate duly appeared the Collector , lying feverishly on his bed , asked him to take command of the garrison for a few hours . |
| 4 | I told Mike Teague beforehand that if we lost it would mean the end of the road for a few of us . ’ |
| 5 | Leaving her mother-in-law in charge of the tea-stall for a few minutes , Elizabeth went back to the inn-yard with Tamar and the coachman . |
| 6 | ‘ Yes , Philippe thought I should be kept out of the way for a few days … ’ |
| 7 | Ruth stood in the doorway of the room for a few seconds , looking at her aunt who was drifting on the edge of sleep . |
| 8 | And again , when reporting on the A & B Foursomes in January 1969 , he started as follows : ‘ There must be an increased number of wives who are convinced that there is a special weather dispensation for Harpsden , or it may be , of course , that many of them are only too glad to get the old man out of the house for a few hours on a wet Sunday . ’ |
| 9 | It achieved fame in 1860 , when a nova appeared in it and reached the seventh magnitude , altering the whole aspect of the cluster for a few nights . |
| 10 | Now that isolation is over South Africa 's unwholesome pre-eminence in making money and fame out of the game for a few over-exposed players ( at the expense of enjoyment of the game for the many ) could be infectious . |