Example sentences of "for [adv] a [adj] [noun pl] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've been off for three or four time before for long a few years and |
| 2 | The car had been parked outside their home for only a few minutes before neighbours saw it being driven off by teenage youths . |
| 3 | He was inside for only a few minutes and emerged very badly shaken . |
| 4 | They had been married for only a few weeks before he had been hacked down by a sabre . |
| 5 | The embrace lasts for only a few seconds as the eggs are expelled immediately and fertilised by the male . |
| 6 | He was alone for just a few minutes and I made my offer . |
| 7 | and Clifford , no Clifford said , the lads to each other are we going out again dad you know cos oh Margaret was in , yes , and there was some other boys , the boy across the road was eating something and the boys said and Clifford said do you mind if I just sit in the chair and be quiet for just a few minutes and he just sat in the chair and had his heart attack |
| 8 | For over a thousand years after they last struck terror into the hearts of Irishmen , the Vikings were back and ready to plunder . |
| 9 | Coffee has been drunk in the Middle East for over a thousand years and its popularity spread rapidly throughout the world as explorers began to travel widely . |