Example sentences of "for [art] few [noun pl] and [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 Well , keep awake for the few minutes and you might derive a little comfort from knowing what scientists can and ( more important ) can not do .
2 The jeep driver was pleased at the opportunity to get away for a few hours and we set off about 3 p.m. , arriving in the area of the Highland Division a short time later , after following their divisional signs along the country lanes .
3 I wonder if you 'd care to wander up for a few minutes and we could perhaps move this matter of Gray on a bit ?
4 Yeah , and they 're only out for a few minutes and they 're fed up out there as well , and backwards and forwards like a fiddlers elbow go on I want to put those lupins in
5 When the smoke really thins out , thin blue smoke , rap on it , give the whole tin a shake and it 'll suddenly burst into thick smoke for a few minutes and it may do that again for a second time .
6 Halt it for a few minutes and it would die altogether .
7 We talked for a few minutes and he was in great spirits .
8 Yeah , even on the phone our Rob rings up and er , he 'll speak to me for a few minutes and he speaks
9 Stay there for a few minutes and you will begin to experience one of several sensations : it may be a slight breeze , or perhaps a tingling sensation , heat ( especially in the palms ) , static or even a magnetic pull .
10 Just sit there quietly for a few minutes and I 'll see if the doctor is free . ’
11 ‘ He did make things difficult for a few minutes and I did consider having him fired from the chamber .
12 He turned away for a few moments and I could see that he was upset by the news .
13 Mrs Rumney looked at me in silence for a few moments and I saw in her face the dawning of relief and hope .
14 ‘ After the Smiths I had been playing the guitar for a few years and I was listening to things like Aztec Camera and Orange Juice .
15 Now actually Mill did put the his erm this proposal forward , he was a member of parliament for a few years and he was trying to get this discussed in parliament .
16 In the event of trouble , remove the villain , let the other fish settle for a few days and them put him back .
17 But Steve had gone off with Maria Luisa for a few days and he was n't thinking about work , that was for sure , and she had n't her freedom anyway !
18 ‘ Now , Roger , it 's obvious — you have worn that chain for a few days and it has left a mark .
19 I ask him to come down for a few days and I also invite Lady De Marr .
20 It was difficult to raise the vein as the filly staggered around , but she came to rest for a few seconds and I dug my thumb into the jugular furrow .
21 This alleyway was shut for a few months and we Hello .
22 Nancy Ball had only been with Hugo for a few months and it was much longer than that since Harriet had visited him at the office .
23 I had been in Styal for a few months and I kept putting in for an open prison , but they kept saying no .
24 The children skipped along with him for a few yards and he saw how beguiling their faces were , the large dark eyes , the straggle of thick black hair , the earnest looks of desperate innocence .
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