Example sentences of "for a [adj] [noun pl] [conj] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And this is for a terraced houses that used pay thirty five to forty pound a year . |
| 2 | He walked up the main street for a hundred yards and came to a road off on his right labelled Buller 's Hill . |
| 3 | This lasted on and off , for a hundred years and gave the Korean church over 10,000 martyrs . |
| 4 | The men and women ( eleven in all ) who met here and talked for a few hours and went their unremarkable ways , were the descendants of the impassioned few Roxborough had gathered around him in the dark days following the failure of the Reconciliation . |
| 5 | However , I understand that , the other day , an English acrobat 's son came up to Scotland for a few hours and said that the whole thing was non-negotiable . |
| 6 | He arrived at 1.30am on the first day , slept for a few hours and turned up at the clubhouse to find he was in the field . |
| 7 | ‘ You sound as if I 'd been gone for a few hours and forgot to leave you a note . ’ |
| 8 | Albert Popple stared at the small creature for a few minutes and marvelled at its capacity to kill . |
| 9 | Gannets and fulmars appeared out of the mist , flew alongside for a few minutes and disappeared again . |
| 10 | Then he rested for a few minutes and pushed on again . |
| 11 | But they admit that these babies had not achieved complete and independent toileting as they could only hold on to their eliminations for a few minutes and needed help to undress and get on the potty . |
| 12 | The prevention is new Wella Balsam Intensive Dry Ends Conditioner , regularly massaged into the ends of your hair , left for a few minutes and rinsed out . |
| 13 | Barry was unseated at the fifth , but hung on to the reins , ran alongside Midnight Madness for a few strides and bounced back into the saddle to continue in pursuit . |
| 14 | He went out for a few moments and stood on the steps between the Greek pillars , looking in the direction of the Residency for any sign of movement . |
| 15 | United played some classy football against Millwall in the first half … they looked good for a few goals but ended with nothing … |
| 16 | Darwin settled down in London for a few years and became an active member of the Geological Society . |
| 17 | Ditton worked in the bakery over vacations for a few years and reckoned that each man had an illegal income of about 10 per cent of his bread sales , very little of which appeared as a loss in the firm 's financial records . |
| 18 | This year , however , there seemed to be more of them than usual , and one star , Barbra Streisand , stayed in town for a few days and had dinner with Janet Reno , the attorney-general . |
| 19 | A couple of years ago I was staying in Malham for a few days and decided to set out one morning for Attermire by the old pack lane from Settle to Malham . |
| 20 | He came up for a few days and stayed in Mackay 's Hotel in Ardallt . |
| 21 | The creature staggered for a few seconds and turned to scream . |
| 22 | The Brigadier glared at me for a few seconds and replied rather quietly . |
| 23 | Dexter had seethed silently for a few weeks and mentioned his anger to a priest during confession . |
| 24 | The Mongols stayed in Fontanellato for a few weeks and did no harm to anybody . |
| 25 | It 's been there er , for sale for a few months and sold it by February at a |