Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] for [art] few " in BNC.
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1 | After I was at court I had to go back to Low Newton to wait for a few weeks before I could go to Styal prison . |
2 | Leave the rabbit to set for a few moments . |
3 | But now they 're having a heated debate about script changes , so I grabbed the chance to escape for a few minutes . ’ |
4 | The mother 's death is portrayed in a macabre scene where Walter is unsure whether she has died , or even what death is , and allows the corpse to rot for a few days while he sits by her side . |
5 | It became the Chancellor 's habit to interrupt his morning procession to work for a few minutes of Cabinet Room conversation with the Prime Minister . |
6 | It should also help if you leave the paper to rest for a few minutes before stretching with gum strip . |
7 | The starts of Flatliners ( 15 ) — including off-screen lovers Julia Roberts and Kiefer Sutherland — find a way to die for a few minutes just to see what life is like ‘ on the other side ’ . |
8 | So it might pay a mother to wait for a few days and see what happened to the baby . |
9 | It is normal for this sensitivity to remain for a few flights and then gradually to disappear . |
10 | When the seeds drop off from the flowering spike , they should be left in the tank to float for a few days . |
11 | Before dusk Holly and those who had arrived that day were taken to the Bath house to stand for a few moments beneath the trickle of lukewarm water . |
12 | She did n't know how far they had come from Gloucester , but surely after an hour at a steady gallop they had put enough distance between themselves and the castle to halt for a few minutes . |
13 | Avril found out the very next evening when Peter drove her to her daughter 's house to stay for a few days . |