Example sentences of "for [art] next few [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the next few minutes I had to put up with Sid 's reminiscences about how much worse it had been during the campaign in North Africa . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | For the next few days we made love with a kindliness and consideration we had never experienced before . |
| 4 | For the next few days she had carried the tiny dragon everywhere . |
| 5 | For the next few days she refused to speak to anyone , even me . |
| 6 | ‘ For the next few days he is going to be a bit sore . |
| 7 | For the next few days I was horribly inactive , gripped by a lethargy that I could not for the life of me understand . |
| 8 | If these operations are to be distributed evenly across our region , for the next few months we should concentrate on patients from other health districts ( assuming equal clinical priority ) . |
| 9 | So for the next few months she used a variant of the tactics she had tried to perfect with her parents : do what you 're told and keep your head down . |
| 10 | For the next few months I shall be writing about the various accessories that are available for Silver punchcard machines . |
| 11 | For the next few weeks they went out one late night after another — ‘ I do n't know how we survived , ’ says Robert . |
| 12 | For the next few weeks I reported my unimportant news to the office . |
| 13 | For the next few weeks I thought of little else , and planned to read music there . |
| 14 | For the next few weeks it seemed as though a genuine " United Front " would be established . |
| 15 | For the next few weeks she ploughed on , doing her normal writing , extolling the virtues of the firm 's products . |
| 16 | But it was not now so easy to get rid of Anselm : he refused either to comply with Henry 's demand or leave the country , and for the next few weeks he lived quietly on his manors . |
| 17 | For the next few years they stay in these fresh waters but even at this stage in their lives , their wanderings do not cease . |
| 18 | Noel 's colleagues all wish him well and the very best of health in his retirement , which fortunately is only partial since for the next few years he remains with us as Research Professor in German . |
| 19 | For the next few years I threw myself into a whirlwind of activities — involving myself in a Women 's Aid refuge , women 's centres , campaigns , demonstrations and conferences . |