Example sentences of "'s [adv] [prep] a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Always close and lock all doors and windows when you leave your caravan — even if it 's only for a few minutes . |
| 2 | To protect your bike , always lock it every time you leave it , even if it 's only for a few minutes . |
| 3 | It 's only for a few minutes till I buy these and then you can have a turn at walking . |
| 4 | Even if it 's only for a few days both you and your baby will benefit . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's only for a few days , Elinor , and it 's just an hour and a half away from London . |
| 6 | Anyway , it 's only for a few weeks , you said . |
| 7 | She 's away for a few days . |
| 8 | ‘ She 's away for a few days . |
| 9 | I did this but it 's not for a few weeks time for my presentation on Freud , or |
| 10 | No , I wa I was , er er I I was thinking anyway , that it was n't exactly like that , it 's more like a Forty Minutes type thing . |
| 11 | ‘ Mr Drewer 's out for a few minutes — can I help ? ’ his secretary asked . |
| 12 | This is an attempt to bring a greater level of uniformity than we have achieved so far , but we are bound by agreements made at the time of amalgamation and we can not undermine or contradict those particular decisions , and that 's why in a few cases , particularly in relation to the size of conference , there is some slight imbalance . |