Example sentences of "for [art] [num ord] few [noun pl] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ For the first few days they were all a bit subdued , ’ Bob said . |
| 2 | For the first few years they were happy together . |
| 3 | For the first few months they earned only a few pennies a week between them and Sal became convinced they would all end up in the workhouse if they kept failing to cough up the rent . |
| 4 | For the last few years they had only discussed their respective businesses and he had listened to his father 's bitter complaints about hunt saboteurs . |
| 5 | For the next few hours they went among the high street shops , first searching through the shelves of Joseph Toms , Toys and Fancy Goods , for novelties , then looking among the tiny cupboards of Charles Weaver , Apothecary , sampling the sweet-tasting , harmless powders on their fingers and mixing the brightly-coloured liquids in beakers . |
| 6 | For the next few weeks they went out one late night after another — ‘ I do n't know how we survived , ’ says Robert . |
| 7 | For the next few years they stay in these fresh waters but even at this stage in their lives , their wanderings do not cease . |