Example sentences of "[adv] for [art] few [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Steady State Theory floundered on for a few more years , being continually revised , but eventually its three proponents conceded defeat . |
| 2 | We carried on for a few more yards , then retraced our steps down to the main level and back out into the sunshine . |
| 3 | ‘ But if you carry on for a few more days on an unofficial basis , that 's your business . |
| 4 | I can go on for a few more days . |
| 5 | And so it went on for a few more minutes and then Anna returned , bearing a red packet labelled " Marlboro " . |
| 6 | The weather was still warm and sunny , though , an Indian summer that looked like stretching on for a few more days yet . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ We are both talking nonsense , let us continue to do so for a few more minutes . |
| 10 | Every broken marriage , every wrecked career must have one , in some form or another , and doubtless career and marriage might have drifted aimlessly on together for a few more years if the sea had been clear of Carlas , but it would have ended some time or other , and possibly with a lot more pain than there was now . |
| 11 | Just for a few more days ? ’ |
| 12 | If you leave the vehicle , the heat from the engine soaks into the carb and thaws it out for a few more miles . |
| 13 | They stood there for a few more seconds , staring at each other . |
| 14 | She 's expected to stay there for a few more days , as a precautionary measure . |
| 15 | I think I 've enough of my own without looking round for a few more . ’ |