Example sentences of "for a few [noun pl] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After studying the situation for a few minutes the first macaque ran off and got a long stick . |
| 2 | But by the time I had reached middle age , the Ordnance Survey had switched the names after an inconclusive local census , and for a few years the eastern stream appeared on their maps as the River Doe before being changed again — this time to the River Greta , having no doubt decided that the eastern stream was the principal of the two and really the source of the parent river . |
| 3 | For a few years the two seemed more or less equal , but after 1968 Kosygin seemed to be losing authority . |
| 4 | For a few seconds the sheer force of the wind supported my weight before I stumbled into a lull between squalls . |
| 5 | For a few seconds the two birds stood facing each other , chests fully extended ; then Handlebar 's bird flew at its rival with a new and sudden violence . |