Example sentences of "for a [adj] [noun pl] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was born in another age , the age when we played not for a million dollars in prize-money , or television sets , or holidays in the sun , but for the simple , exhilarating pleasure of golf itself . |
| 2 | Sat and glowed with satisfaction for a few hours in silence , studying their effect . |
| 3 | 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 ! |
| 4 | They walked for a few minutes in silence . |
| 5 | He turned on the guards who held Harry between them , and looked at his prisoner for a few minutes in silence . |
| 6 | She drove for a few minutes in silence , then she said , ‘ You know what I 'm going back to ? ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ Could n't you stay with me for a few days in case those men come back . ’ |
| 10 | However luck was not with us for , as a reward for jumping in the intervals of appalling freezing fog , he got flu as a Christmas present and was delayed for a few days in hospital at Ringway . |
| 11 | She barely noticed it at all as she stood for a few seconds in front of the mirror and pulled the comb through her hair . |
| 12 | After staring at her for a few seconds in silence , he finally nodded and went out , leaving her to dress . |
| 13 | HRP can only be given for complete tax years ( 6 April to 5 April ) , so if you simply gave up work for a few weeks in order to help out , you would be unlikely to qualify . |
| 14 | For a few weeks in mid-winter , the steel-blue waters of the Zanskar river freeze into a seventy mile ice passageway winding through a deep canyon in the remote mountains of the northern Himalaya . |
| 15 | No she only stayed for a few weeks in Summer |
| 16 | This means that for a few months in summer it is usually possible to sail right round West Spitsbergen ; if the ship is not too large and is able to land passengers from suitable landing craft , this is the best possible way to explore Spitsbergen . |