Example sentences of "for a few [noun pl] in [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Sat and glowed with satisfaction for a few hours in silence , studying their effect .
2 In order not to dull your pleasure I intend to only speak for a few minutes in case we all get snowed in/melt away in the heat !
3 They walked for a few minutes in silence .
4 He turned on the guards who held Harry between them , and looked at his prisoner for a few minutes in silence .
5 She drove for a few minutes in silence , then she said , ‘ You know what I 'm going back to ? ’
6 Once or twice , when Harry and Fleury had had to leave her to her own devices for a few moments in order to fight off the sepoys , she had become very upset and had made little attempt to conceal the fact .
7 Now that Elizabeth had exhausted the topic of Martha , they sat for a few moments in silence , one each side of the fire with a cup of tea .
8 ‘ Could n't you stay with me for a few days in case those men come back . ’
9 However luck was not with us for , as a reward for jumping in the intervals of appalling freezing fog , he got flu as a Christmas present and was delayed for a few days in hospital at Ringway .
10 She barely noticed it at all as she stood for a few seconds in front of the mirror and pulled the comb through her hair .
11 After staring at her for a few seconds in silence , he finally nodded and went out , leaving her to dress .
12 HRP can only be given for complete tax years ( 6 April to 5 April ) , so if you simply gave up work for a few weeks in order to help out , you would be unlikely to qualify .
13 For a few weeks in mid-winter , the steel-blue waters of the Zanskar river freeze into a seventy mile ice passageway winding through a deep canyon in the remote mountains of the northern Himalaya .
14 No she only stayed for a few weeks in Summer
15 This means that for a few months in summer it is usually possible to sail right round West Spitsbergen ; if the ship is not too large and is able to land passengers from suitable landing craft , this is the best possible way to explore Spitsbergen .
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