Example sentences of "the [noun] for a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I still ca n't work out how they got away with it because I 'd only left it outside the tent for a few moments before it vanished . |
| 2 | Starting with three 1½ × ¼in strips of ash for each I intended to steam the strips , clamp to the forms for a few days , and then glue and reclamp . |
| 3 | ‘ After the Smiths I had been playing the guitar for a few years and I was listening to things like Aztec Camera and Orange Juice . |
| 4 | Once Queen Victoria had been established on the throne for a few decades , she acquired a natural authority when dealing with her prime ministers . |
| 5 | It will stop the Yssgaroth for a few hours … . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ You 'll notice that this ‘ fridge opens from right to left , so the door would conceal the identity of anyone entering the kitchen for a few seconds at least . |
| 7 | Then one time when he was doing some other business with the woman we called Mrs Howard , he sold her the story for a few marks . |
| 8 | Outside the wind grew even more savage and we cut short the one doomed attempt to raise the tent , retreating to the truck for a few minutes of poor slumber . |
| 9 | If you give yourself a shake , change your seating position slightly , open the clear vision panel for some fresh air , change hands on the stick for a few moments and have a sweet or drink , you can snap out of it and start to work normally again . |
| 10 | In some cases , this needs to be relieved by placing a drain ( catheter ) in the bladder for a few days . |
| 11 | Having used the preamp for a few weeks now I have got bored with the presets and want to start using it to create some more familiar sounds . |
| 12 | For obvious reasons , people receiving injections of the drug must stay in the dark for a few days , and keep out of direct sunlight for a month , or longer . |
| 13 | They sat in the car for a few minutes without speaking . |
| 14 | We sat in the jeep for a few moments watching the column as it disappeared along the very dusty road , and was soon out of sight , after passing Sulnier 's farm . |
| 15 | We stop the jeep for a few words with the Marines , some I recognise from a few weeks ago when they were on their way to take up positions on the coast , on the left of 1st Commando Brigade . |
| 16 | She had promised to take me sailing , and Paula had let her borrow the boat for a few hours , as she had often done before . |
| 17 | After running the engine for a few miles , the gauge is up to the red . |
| 18 | We have our little rule book and we let a woman come into the Guild for a few weeks and then she 's told the rules . |
| 19 | ‘ But you 're right , Lewis , ’ added Morse slowly , as he sat back and stared at the ceiling for a few seconds . |
| 20 | Leaving her mother-in-law in charge of the tea-stall for a few minutes , Elizabeth went back to the inn-yard with Tamar and the coachman . |
| 21 | Mr Hellyer gave him every assistance and afterwards went thankfully down to the pub for a few beers . |
| 22 | I remember sitting in the cockpit and being cooked by the sun for a few hours , but we were never scrambled . ’ |
| 23 | This means placing the plant material in a base of oil or fat and leaving the mixture in the sun for a few days . |
| 24 | They went to Zliten and spent the night in a guestroom ; in the morning the Zliten boy asked to borrow the vehicle for a few moments , drove it away , smashed it and abandoned both the vehicle and his Zuwayi friend who had to find other means to get back to Benghazi . |
| 25 | Periodically Utrillo was allowed out of the asylum for a few days and occasionally he escaped . |
| 26 | It 's best to store the panelling for a few days in the room in which it will be used , to allow the moisture content of the wood to settle before installation . |
| 27 | A warm front had passed the previous day , leaving the usual warm sector haze , the following cold front was still hundreds of miles out in the Atlantic so would be of no interest to the mainland for a few days . |
| 28 | She considered the question for a few minutes before she replied , ‘ Barbados takes a bit of getting used to , but its good points far outweigh the bad . |
| 29 | Asked to sum up in a sentence the essence of his long career as a reporter , he considers the question for a few seconds , laughs , and says : ‘ I do n't think I could do better than quote my old friend the late Jimmy Robinson , who was the Daily Mail 's man in Belfast for many years . |
| 30 | Tapping a ruler across the palm of her hand , Sister Rosario stared at the child for a few seconds . |