Example sentences of "have [verb] for [adv] [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Russian Federation is a new state , which has existed for only a few months . |
| 2 | By contrast , some of the smallest features seen have lasted for only a few hours . |
| 3 | It was after ten o'clock , and he would be quite right to disapprove , if it were n't for the fact that , in spite of appearances , she had slept for only a few hours last night . |
| 4 | Jenna knew she would feel trapped — she had known for quite a few days — but she was not about to tell Alain Lemarchand that , and she was just gathering her thoughts to answer when Marguerite called from the hall . |
| 5 | We had run for only a few hundred yards . |