Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] for a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | It usually starts shortly after the animals have been weaned and in most instances it only persists for a few months . |
| 2 | When I gave it away I believe I was still playing well enough to continue for a few more years , but I had had enough , and it was time to consider the family . |
| 3 | Warned that she could only stay for a few moments , Laura had sat down quietly in a chair beside the bed , taking her cousin 's inert , pale hand and praying , as she had never prayed before , that Liz would be able to survive her ordeal . |
| 4 | In ordinary aquarium sand or gravel it will merely survive for a few months . |
| 5 | 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 ! |
| 6 | The smoke is probably unburnt fuel If the carb is a little bit worn it will do this The Solex carb is more prone to this than the later Zenith It may also be slight oil burning which is also very common as the engine starts and only happens for a few seconds This is a ‘ feature ’ of Land Rovers and is not really cause for concern |
| 7 | Most of the houses in the village were quite large , with shutters which were only opened for a few hours in the mornings ; if there was a breeze long lace curtains could be seen gently moving . |
| 8 | After the model had been repaired , Watt discovered that it would only work for a few stroked and then stop . |
| 9 | Many mums who have apparently short labours have actually been gently dilating for a few days without realising it and without having any of the other traditional ‘ signs ’ of labour : a ‘ show ’ as the plug to the cervix is expelled , waters breaking or the first contractions . |
| 10 | Bearing in mind that if we do have the whole house then people are only coming for a few days or or even one night could no they had somewhere to stay . |
| 11 | Unfortunately the cup was only awarded for a few years before that too disappeared . |
| 12 | Neutron stars may produce more energy than the Sun soon after they form , when they are active as pulsars , but this phase of energetic activity only lasts for a few thousand years . |
| 13 | But the treatment has to be repeated because the Americans transplanted the gene into cells that only live for a few months . |
| 14 | Between the wars the Salvation Army started in Kent Road , but only lasted for a few years . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Even if you only work for a few hours a week , take out professional indemnity insurance . |
| 17 | She only stayed for a few months , then she became unwell and had to give up the job . |
| 18 | No she only stayed for a few weeks in Summer |
| 19 | a combine , which only works for a few days or weeks in the year is far too costly for a smallholder , who must either rely on a contractor or work with simpler equipment . |
| 20 | Then , as he goes on listening for a few weeks , looking carefully at ever-new pictures of different cases , a tentative understanding will dawn on him ; he will gradually forget about the ribs and begin to see the lungs . |
| 21 | Lepine was not cremated for a few days yet , until after the despatch of a couple of his victims also being tended to at the Côte-Des-Neiges cemetery , opposite the mountain , alongside the University of Montreal , where Marc Lepine joined his victims in the silence at the centre . |
| 22 | Just wait for a few days , and you will see . |
| 23 | We started off just looking for a few cuddly toys and a few pounds to send them across to the folk in Roumania because we were all very touched by the need of the children there . |
| 24 | I 'm not asking for a few soothing words to calm my conscience ; if I can , I want to help . |
| 25 | Langstone and Portsmouth harbours best bet for a few flounder , with Eastern Roadd , Porchester and the Oyster Beds top areas . |
| 26 | Dana did not reappear for a few days , and during that time I felt I was going mad . |
| 27 | ‘ I had not worked for a few months so I was ready to do something , ’ is how he explains his reasons for doing it . |
| 28 | I 'm just visiting for a few days . ’ |
| 29 | Erm , then we all just worked at getting pieces out on paper , all that was going fine , and then I assigned two more people to stick all the pieces together and trying to create sentences from it , and I think the only time that I , we lost it was like , right at the end we were like looking for a few words to make our sentences make sense . |
| 30 | Her lot had not been a happy one : the husband whom she had only ever seen for a few precious weeks in all since their marriage had now left her a widow , without support and with a child and step-children to fend for . |