Example sentences of "for [art] few [noun pl] [pers pn] had " in BNC.
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| 1 | Detectives investigating the murder of Glasgow pensioner Agnes Law have revealed that she was killed for the few pounds she had in her house . |
| 2 | Beeney was well positioned for the few shots he had to take . |
| 3 | Her earlier fears about what terrors lay in store returned , all the more powerful because for a few minutes she had forgotten them . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | And for a few years it had just about done so . |
| 6 | For a few days I had even considered calling the shop Trumper and Salmon , but dropped that idea when I realised that would only tie me in with Charlie for life . |
| 7 | Grainne blinked and shook her head , because just for a few seconds she had seen with dreadful clarity the Dark Ireland , the Evil Realm , the world of malevolence and malignancy . |