Example sentences of "for [art] few [noun pl] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Athelstan promptly refused , for the few mouthfuls of ale he had already drunk bit at his stomach .
2 But the natives were friendly except for a few incidents in Skye .
3 Mary served behind the counter at Bacon 's for a few hours per week .
4 Allow to dry for a few hours before painting with gold food colouring .
5 We stopped for a few hours in Aberdeen , long enough to allow Father to take us to see the house we had lived in until 1939 : Stranathro , at Muchalls , perched high on the cliffs by the road to Stonehaven .
6 Sat and glowed with satisfaction for a few hours in silence , studying their effect .
7 I remember that I left my bag on the table for a few minutes at coffee time in the afternoon . ’
8 It became the Chancellor 's habit to interrupt his morning procession to work for a few minutes of Cabinet Room conversation with the Prime Minister .
9 In order not to dull your pleasure I intend to only speak for a few minutes in case we all get snowed in/melt away in the heat !
10 They walked for a few minutes in silence .
11 He turned on the guards who held Harry between them , and looked at his prisoner for a few minutes in silence .
12 She drove for a few minutes in silence , then she said , ‘ You know what I 'm going back to ? ’
13 The boat was blown to glory , nothing was ever found of it except for a few bits of debris , and to all intents and purposes both occupants were blown to glory with it . ’
14 Injuries in war and disasters provide numerous anecdotes of the anaesthetic effects of shock ; a doctor in the aftermath of London 's Clapham rail crash of 1988 reported having treated several victims lying or sitting by the track in a state of bewilderment and oblivious of serious wounds ; in one case an ankle was completely severed other than for a few shreds of flesh .
15 Most campsites also have huts for hire for a few pounds per night per person .
16 he asked me for a few slices of bread which he broke into pieces and scattered over the roof .
17 He was probably always nipping down to Underwoods for a few grams of thallium .
18 Brought down to prose by Falstaff for a few lines of word-play , Hal leaves him with another line of verse , marking the difference of ethos between them .
19 I 'll bet that 's made for a few tensions in Schreider Sterne Inc. ! ’
20 Is the price we pay for a few moments of Mills and Boon romance too high , leaving an aftermath of bitterness , boredom and let-down ?
21 Once or twice , when Harry and Fleury had had to leave her to her own devices for a few moments in order to fight off the sepoys , she had become very upset and had made little attempt to conceal the fact .
22 Now that Elizabeth had exhausted the topic of Martha , they sat for a few moments in silence , one each side of the fire with a cup of tea .
23 A few farmers even managed to do very well out of the exorbitant prices charged to urban residents for a few mouthfuls of grain .
24 Except for a few letters from Helen to Jane Aldis , there is nothing until January 1897 .
25 Why not extend you holiday by staying on for a few nights in Copenhagen ?
26 On the return , you can stay on for a few nights in Copenhagen for just £39 per person per night .
27 He left the king 's service for a few years after March 1245 ; it was probably during this period that he compiled a metrical grammar for the children of Hamo de Pecche , a Cambridgeshire baron .
28 In April the Prince went off to the Kalahari Desert for a few days with Sir Laurens Van der Post , to see for himself the society that his friend had written and talked about so much .
29 While Agassi and Sampras , with supreme pre-final confidence , had flown home from Frankfurt after the ATP Finals for a few days of relaxation in Florida before returning to Europe , Noah had taken his squad off to a Swiss tennis resort , where they trained for 6 hours a day , offered themselves for 30 minutes daily to the press for customary grilling and focussed wholly on the task in hand .
30 My boyfriend at the time , two friends and I , decided to kick around the Loch Tay area for a few days between Christmas and New Year , since the only decent hotel we could find open was the Ledcreich Hotel at Balquhidder .
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