Example sentences of "of [pron] for a few [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 He lay prone on top of her for a few moments then he rolled to one side , panting loudly , his breath slowly returning to normal .
2 She always did bring the water eventually , and to her cronies Mairi sometimes admitted she was glad to see the back of her for a few hours ; but that never weakened her tongue .
3 Whereupon I fell about in my chair at this with an effective simulacrum of sycophancy , then matadored the old charm around in front of him for a few minutes , and before you could say fundador Walt was on his knees begging me for the coup de grâce .
4 But Kirk 's reputation went ahead of him for a few years to come .
5 It would be a holiday to discard the worry of it for a few days .
6 Not that I think he 'll feel like doing much of anything for a few hours , anyway . ’
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