Example sentences of "at [noun sg] for a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | WATCH receptionist/telephonist Ann Sheppard at work for a few minutes and productivity levels take on a whole new dimension . |
| 2 | Perhaps if the age-gap of eight years between them had been less … perhaps if she herself had stayed at home for a few years instead of finding separate lodgings as soon as she 'd finished her A levels and joined Grantham and Marsh as a junior copywriter … |
| 3 | All she had to do was hold them at bay for a few weeks . |
| 4 | Working people and shoppers here have as much right to sit in the sunshine at lunchtime for a few minutes as their counterparts elsewhere in the country . |
| 5 | He remained at sea for a few years and probably visited the United States . |