Example sentences of "[adv] for [art] few " in BNC.
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| 31 | Afterwards the whole group stayed on for a few extra days . |
| 32 | Bob did not retire immediately as he has worked on for a few months to introduced new salesmen to their areas . |
| 33 | Maybe I should have hung on for a few days in there getting to grips with Alf Bundy 's ailments . |
| 34 | He walked on for a few yards , stooped and picked something up . |
| 35 | It is part of a rather complicated arrangement that has been going on for a few years now . ’ |
| 36 | ‘ Well , actually , this is such a beautiful place , I was thinking of maybe staying on for a few extra days , ’ she invented hastily , knowing her mother would worry herself silly if she knew the half of it — let alone that her car had packed up . |
| 37 | So , the tree which from which bows used in the Battle of Agincourt could have been fashioned seems set to live on for a few more generations yet . |
| 38 | The travellers say they wo n't be moving on for a few days and tonight , the festival still appears to be in full swing.Local people are angry after finding drug-taking equipment dumped in gardens , and sheep savaged to death at a local farm . |
| 39 | ‘ I always wanted to work with a squad of young players and bring them on for a few seasons . |
| 40 | This situation carried on for a few weeks , she would try to talk but always just ended up leaving some food on the step . |
| 41 | had this one on for a few days . |
| 42 | The Threarah waited politely for a few moments and then he said , " Well , now , and what ought we to do about it , I wonder ? |
| 43 | The amount of heroin reported to be used by 195 daily users known to the Drugs Council and 207 daily users known to the Detoxification Unit varied between one 5 ‘ bag ’ per day ( enough for a few ‘ hits ’ ) and 4 grams per day ( costing up to 240 ) . |
| 44 | So much for a few of the perils — what are the pleasures ? |
| 45 | Usually it will be only for a few seconds , but it is the ability to do it instantly on demand that is so important . |
| 46 | Even if it 's only for a few days both you and your baby will benefit . |
| 47 | Once in the hides , sentries had been posted to protect the company positions , and many of the men took the opportunity to get some rest , if only for a few minutes . |
| 48 | And all thanks I got was to be sacked at end of summer — though only for a few months , that is , 'cos of the revolution . |
| 49 | But officials insist that Poland 's national telephone company , PTTP , will be protected only for a few more years and will then be left to go bankrupt if it can not compete against privately owned network operators . |
| 50 | We men , we know not what loftiness we might reach if only for a few small hours we could by carefulness of life , morally and physically so exact ourselves that scarce any utmost purity of air were too perfect for us . |
| 51 | Always close and lock all doors and windows when you leave your caravan — even if it 's only for a few minutes . |
| 52 | To protect your bike , always lock it every time you leave it , even if it 's only for a few minutes . |
| 53 | ‘ Only for a few months , yes . |
| 54 | This inherited , natural , passive ( the baby has not produced it ) immunity to , for example , measles and whooping cough usually lasts only for a few months after birth . |
| 55 | Like the other Acorus species described so far , it grows only for a few months in the aquarium . |
| 56 | Roman Catholicism has been more in line with the other great world religions in insisting that mysticism is only for a few chosen souls and that , unless one has this special propensity , mysticism can be a serious health threat . |
| 57 | These days the ladies will ride if only for a few hundred yards . |
| 58 | Despite this demonstration of his habitual need for normal sleep , even if only for a few hours a night , this same individual appeared on television a few years later , again claiming never to sleep . |
| 59 | Central Office tried to keep the local parties alive , for the party truce was only renewed for a few months at a time and parliament was prolonged beyond its five-year term only for a few months at a time too . |
| 60 | At the summit cairn on Shunner Fell , we paused only for a few seconds to look towards Swaledale and back towards Mallerstang before moving on . |