Example sentences of "for [art] [adj] few [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | For the past few hours she had been too busy to think of her own problem . |
2 | For the past few minutes she had not really been paying much attention to the direction and she looked round worriedly . |
3 | For the past few months it 's been more or less constantly at the limit — the £300,000 cheque put it unacceptably over . " |
4 | ‘ For the past few years I have built my life around rugby and I am happy to go on doing that until I ca n't go any further in the game ’ , he said . |
5 | For the past few years he has been joined in aspects of his research and conservation work by Dr Jane O'Sullivan , an agricultural scientist with an interest in the relationship between humanity and the natural world . |
6 | For the past few days he had brought security into her child 's world of distorted perspectives and half comprehended fears . |
7 | Knew that she had warmed to him , that she wanted to ease his grief , and for a dangerous few seconds he thought he would cry . |