Example sentences of "to [noun sg] for a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Monday she 's going back to mum for a few days . |
| 2 | That case is not expected to come to court for a few months and Dairy Crest wanted to stop him trading in the meantime . |
| 3 | ‘ I told him you would not be returning to Milano for a few days . ’ |
| 4 | Having got back to bed for a few hours , at 0800 Captain Moore arrives at his office in the RMP Headquarters , which is housed in the 1936 Olympic Stadium Barracks , and by mid-morning is feeling a bit smug about the noticeable dent in the paperwork on his desk . |
| 5 | When he realises that he has a migraine , my husband retires to bed for a few hours then spends the rest of the day in an armchair . |
| 6 | I 'm going to sleep for a few hours . ’ |
| 7 | Carole Ann Ford made her first film appearance at the age of eight , retired to school for a few years , and then emerged again at fifteen , working constantly thereafter until her landing of the part of Susan Foreman in the Summer of 1963 . |
| 8 | I 'd been to sea for a few years . |
| 9 | Better to hold on to power for a few days or hours longer . |
| 10 | Old man beaten to death for a few pounds . |