Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] for [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Van Cleef was cast opposite Eastwood in For A Few Dollars More ( 1965 ) and The Good , The Bad and The Ugly ( 1966 ) and immediately became a major star and a poster pin-up . |
| 2 | The cost of connection for the new service will be about 20% more per minute , but should still cost the user less for the same operation . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | They then worked on the script together for a few months before joining Peckinpah in England , where he was busy with pre-production . |
| 5 | Sometimes the German fighters followed the bombers back to their bases , and then when they saw the flare path light up for a few brief moments to guide the homecoming aircraft down , they would open up with their guns . |
| 6 | Ford claims most are selling for enough over the MGFV to pay a deposit on a new Options car now for the same monthly payments . |
| 7 | If Baldwin met Parliament , Lloyd George might keep the Conservatives in for a few weeks to humiliate them . |
| 8 | The Director paused and watched the scene below for a few thoughtful seconds , as a squad of house servants bagged and carried out the human remains , and began stripping off the blood-soaked canvas cover from the padded squares underneath , removing it for cleaning . |
| 9 | ‘ I need your help just for a few minutes . |
| 10 | I 'm gon na put me feet up for a few minutes , do you want now we 've nearly finished ? |
| 11 | The British Museum was still one unit , containing both natural history and works of art , and there were posts there for a few naturalists . |
| 12 | The sergeant thought Blanche would be tired after the tension of the previous hour or two , and he expected Blanche to sit at her desk quietly for a few minutes . |
| 13 | That meant Argentinian shoppers were paying roughly 30 times more for the same basket of goods at the end of 1989 than at the beginning of the year . |
| 14 | Roll the cake up towards that end and hold in place just for a few minutes . |
| 15 | He had chartered and paid for a Learjet from the Hansa operation two weeks before for the same trip , LaGuardia to Acapulco . |
| 16 | Bought in an English street market thirty years ago for a few shillings , a hitherto unidentified still-life by Luis Melendez ( 1716–1780 ) was sold at Bonhams on 10 December for £850,000 ( $1.36 million ) . |
| 17 | The Manchester City chairman Peter Swales sacked Mel Machin a few years ago for the same reason ; rapport with fans , he believed , was even more important than results . |
| 18 | It seemed , as her mother would have said , ‘ a crime ’ to waste a beautiful afternoon in a stuffy cinema , but she might be able to shed her troubles there for a few hours . |
| 19 | Knights too were readily identifiable , but it had become imperative to make provision also for the many untitled men whose wealth was as great or even greater . |
| 20 | Then ignore the puppy entirely for a few minutes , emphasizing that no further play will follow under these circumstances . |
| 21 | If he was n't home , I 'd go back to the squat and keep my head down for a few days . |
| 22 | but still have to four phone in for the same purpose , are you with me ? |
| 23 | Clearly , if the seller has been able to sell the goods elsewhere for the same price as the buyer had agreed to pay ( or a greater price ) the seller must refund the buyer 's part payment . |
| 24 | We weighed each other up for a few moments without speaking . |
| 25 | We pushed each other around for a few minutes . |
| 26 | ( b ) That no overlap of measurement occurs , with the consequential payment of the sub-contractor twice for the same operation . |
| 27 | He watched her face as she scanned the street and the square ahead for a few seconds and then moved on . |
| 28 | They rolled around on the ground together for a few moments and then the boy 's mother came out and gave him Sergeant 's leash . |
| 29 | She made to close the door on them when Mrs Phipps added , ‘ We 're gooin' from dower to dower ter get a collection up for a few flowers . |
| 30 | In one instance , a stock of thousands of BBC props had been sold off this year for £75,000 yet the BBC later spent £1,100 renting just three items back for a few weeks . |