Example sentences of "for [art] few [noun pl] [to-vb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In July 1980 , AMES staged its first public demonstration , when the El Calvario church was occupied for a few hours to demand a reduction in the price of basic food stuffs . |
| 2 | I suppose it came into my room for a few minutes to see a book I 'd been telling him about , then he left and I hit the sack . |
| 3 | He left for a few years to manage a national school , independent of the British system , but returned to read law . |
| 4 | A British experiment in the first years of the twentieth century with commercial secretaries , diplomats detailed for a few years to make a special study of the trade of the area in which they were stationed , had little effect . |
| 5 | The second is a slick operator , who studies his victim 's habits for a few days to establish a safe crime time . |