Example sentences of "for [art] few [noun pl] they [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 | For a few minutes they contemplated the grazing animals in silence . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ Yes , ’ she said briefly , and for a few moments they studied each other . |
| 6 | For a few moments they moved in silence , then he said , ‘ Just as a matter of interest , why did you come to this party ? ’ |
| 7 | Thus , for a few moments they reverted to passive projection , in role merely as spectators of teacher 's performance . |
| 8 | For a few seconds they encouraged the dogs to sniff and lick the blood — to reaffirm their hunting instinct — then , shouting and waving their arms , they sent them scurrying back to the shadows to wait for bones and other bits of debris . |