Example sentences of "for [art] few [noun pl] [conj] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah , and they 're only out for a few minutes and they 're fed up out there as well , and backwards and forwards like a fiddlers elbow go on I want to put those lupins in |
| 2 | They took breath for a few moments before they emerged , after the third volley , to finish what they had begun , the Welsh swordsmen boiling out of the bushes joyously on their heels . |
| 3 | They fell silent for a few moments as they drank their tea . |
| 4 | Most continue ripening in store until ready for the table , but a few varieties must be brought into the warm for a few days before they are ready to eat . |
| 5 | They were usually listless for a few days before they collapsed , breathing with evident difficulty and , in a few cases , discharging a white frothy liquid from their nostrils . |
| 6 | In the event of trouble , remove the villain , let the other fish settle for a few days and them put him back . |
| 7 | So this morning the fat little chap in the long white coat who was sorting us out in the Dean 's Office said I 'd better come along here for a few days until they got me organized with another partner . |
| 8 | The fighting continued for a few seconds before they realised that it was no longer dark . |
| 9 | For a few seconds as they descended , he had an unimpeded view through a gap in the trees of the west front of the chapel . |