Example sentences of "the [noun sg] for a few [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ If I do n't go on the mat for a few days , I get withdrawal symptoms , ’ he confesses . |
| 32 | A few moments earlier , Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd dithered on the pavement for a few seconds , presumably wondering whether to brave the cameras but thought better of it and he , too , entered by No 12 . |
| 33 | Ruth stood in the doorway of the room for a few seconds , looking at her aunt who was drifting on the edge of sleep . |
| 34 | Morris translated sagas , the Irish took over the business for a few years ; Henry James led , or rather preceded , the novelists , and then the Britons resigned en bloc ; the language is now in the keeping of the Irish ( Yeats and Joyce ) ; apart from Yeats , since the death of Hardy , poetry is being written by Americans . |
| 35 | Leaning forward , he placed both hands on his walking-cane and held the pose for a few seconds , then he raised one white-gloved hand to the monocle at his hight eye and stared out at the audience . |
| 36 | Add the ham for a few moments , then stir the pasta into the sauce . |
| 37 | The next day I decided to walk through the forest for a few miles and take the train to Strelsau from a little station along the road . |
| 38 | If you ca n't see through the glass because of condensation , remove the lid for a few days . |
| 39 | She stood in the foyer for a few minutes , jotting into her notebook the things he had told her . |
| 40 | Pete listened in the hallway for a few seconds , and then he knocked on her door . |
| 41 | Often the reaction to other foods is only temporary — if they are eliminated from the diet for a few months they can be eaten again without difficulty . |
| 42 | The additional energy they enjoyed after following the diet for a few weeks helped them to take on a much more positive attitude towards life — I could sense a really happy attitude in the remarks on the questionnaires . |
| 43 | As always , we have to be prepared beforehand , and as we can not start the job without tools , this is the place for a few dos and don'ts . |
| 44 | She thought she might avoid the place for a few days herself , just in case the boy had any ideas of adopting her as a protector . |
| 45 | ‘ You do n't mind looking after the place for a few days , do you ? ’ |
| 46 | The bark starts them all off and they howl at the moon for a few minutes . |
| 47 | When I go , I hold my breath and completely immerse myself under the water , trying to keep as relaxed as possible , and I stay under the water for a few seconds . |
| 48 | I always turn them upside down or against the wall for a few months and then I might become curious and look again . |
| 49 | During the next two or three days I noticed one of the remaining young fish was being chased around the tank by an older Harlequin , which had been in the aquarium for a few years . |
| 50 | It comes to the surface for a few seconds several times each day , and two short exposures to light separated by 12 hours are enough to initiate its reproductive cycle . |
| 51 | When the Magistrate duly appeared the Collector , lying feverishly on his bed , asked him to take command of the garrison for a few hours . |
| 52 | It achieved fame in 1860 , when a nova appeared in it and reached the seventh magnitude , altering the whole aspect of the cluster for a few nights . |
| 53 | The thought dampened her mood , and , after turning the lights out , she sat in the dimness for a few moments , collecting her thoughts . |
| 54 | After a short incubation period the fertilized eggs transform into medusa — tiny pear-shaped animals with rapidly beating hair-like cilia which are then released into the water and have a limited ability to swim and survive among the plankton for a few days before settling on the sea bed . |
| 55 | I lay on the ground for a few moments ; there were no further explosions . |
| 56 | A steady pressure tries to pull my finger to the rod , so I go along with the movement for a few inches and then strike . |
| 57 | ‘ I think relations were strained to the limit for a few days . |
| 58 | He licked the wound for a few moments and then turned to Hazel . |
| 59 | Jean or Jeannie Symonds was still working in Skinners in 1913 , left the trade for a few years but was readmitted in 1927 , so it seems safe to assume that she spent much of her working life in the printing trade and did not marry . |
| 60 | The occasional guard braved the discomfort for a few minutes before retiring to the cool of the corridors . |