Example sentences of "for [art] few [noun pl] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some people did expect an awful lot from those youngsters for the few shillings they paid them . |
| 2 | She also sewed clothes for toys and puppets , tiny dresses and jackets for anthropomorphic bears and monkeys and robes and mantles in silks and velvets for the few puppets they sold in the shop and gowns and breeches for the tall puppets who performed in the theatre . |
| 3 | ‘ I ca n't say as much for the few farmers I 've met — always with the exception of Mr Jarvis , of course . |
| 4 | Detectives investigating the murder of Glasgow pensioner Agnes Law have revealed that she was killed for the few pounds she had in her house . |
| 5 | Even when Guy left her for the few seconds it took him to remove his own clothes , his murmured words of love and praise still warmed and reassured her . |
| 6 | Beeney was well positioned for the few shots he had to take . |
| 7 | A petite , pleasant-faced doxy , however , caught my eye and for a few hours I became old Shallot again , whiling away the time , telling the most outrageous stories and making her laugh both in the taproom and on her feather-filled mattress in the chamber above . |
| 8 | For a few minutes they contemplated the grazing animals in silence . |
| 9 | For a few minutes we said nothing . |
| 10 | For a few minutes we fought wildly . |
| 11 | For a few minutes we slipped into the hut . |
| 12 | For a few minutes we watched a tree-creeper working his way up the trunk of a tree looking for grubs until Bill the dog , crashing through the undergrowth sniffing for smells , frightened him off . |
| 13 | Well , I was there , behind the bar , standing in for Marcus , for a few minutes he said , more like two hours , so I saw it all develop . |
| 14 | George drove , not going anywhere , and for a few minutes he said nothing , then : ‘ Ecology . |
| 15 | My Donald had terrible injuries , yet for a few minutes he lived . |
| 16 | Then , after going on like that for a few minutes he took my hand and said , ‘ Faith you were absolutely rubbish ! ’ with that famous dead-pan expression . |
| 17 | For a few minutes he remained silent and she wondered where the bright start to the day had gone . |
| 18 | It was too late to save the rick , so for a few minutes he stood and stared at the flames . |
| 19 | For a few minutes she indulged in a fantasy where she was one of the young mothers and the child by her side was Roman 's . |
| 20 | And just for a few minutes she savoured the circuitous routes of pleasure . |
| 21 | Her earlier fears about what terrors lay in store returned , all the more powerful because for a few minutes she had forgotten them . |
| 22 | For a few minutes she explained the system on which the cards were arranged , then let him try to select some for a bibliography she was compiling on nutrition in underdeveloped countries . |
| 23 | For a few minutes she stood in shocked silence ; she had been so sure that the rider from the woods had been herself … but now , realizing that the lover she had seen had been Morthen , she felt angry and upset . |
| 24 | For a few minutes she knelt by the grave , and was presently joined by Maria . |
| 25 | He continued up the hill , and she went on down ; but a few paces further on she stopped and looked back , and it was at that precise moment that it happened , because he had turned back as well and for a few moments they looked longingly at each other , each tongue-tied , but each sure , now , of the other 's feelings . |
| 26 | ‘ Yes , ’ she said briefly , and for a few moments they studied each other . |
| 27 | For a few moments they moved in silence , then he said , ‘ Just as a matter of interest , why did you come to this party ? ’ |
| 28 | Thus , for a few moments they reverted to passive projection , in role merely as spectators of teacher 's performance . |
| 29 | For a few moments I had let my mind plunge into darkness , into a world where the experience of all my life was disproved and ghosts existed . |
| 30 | For a few moments I felt disappointment . |