Example sentences of "[noun] [adv prt] for [art] few " 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 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 .
3 If Baldwin met Parliament , Lloyd George might keep the Conservatives in for a few weeks to humiliate them .
4 I 'm gon na put me feet up for a few minutes , do you want now we 've nearly finished ?
5 If he was n't home , I 'd go back to the squat and keep my head down for a few days .
6 We weighed each other up for a few moments without speaking .
7 We pushed each other around for a few minutes .
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 The thought damped George down for a few miles ; then he asked : ‘ How are the eyes ? ’
11 The Powell Duffryn Company came into its own , buying pits up for a few thousand pounds , shutting them down , throwing hundreds out of work .
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