Example sentences of "[noun] for a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just as I had n't minded when asked if I would like to take care of Jeffrey Bernard for a few days while he was in Sydney to promote the play about himself , Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell , which is currently playing here . |
| 2 | If using ordinary rollers , aid the process by switching your hairdryer on to the cold setting and whizz over hair for a few minutes before unwinding the rollers . |
| 3 | We realized that each of us would be a big story for a few days , but that would pass and then we 'd be able to get on with the real work of getting to know our families and friends again . |
| 4 | Then one time when he was doing some other business with the woman we called Mrs Howard , he sold her the story for a few marks . |
| 5 | A limited contract for a few sessions , at least in the first instance , is always preferable . |
| 6 | I 'd have to stay in Holyhead for a few nights . |
| 7 | The downfall of Mrs Thatcher , the arrival of John Major at 10 Downing Street and the Gulf War took the spotlight away from the Group 's activities for a few months . |
| 8 | They stared at the dead sheep for a few seconds longer , then went back to the van . |
| 9 | After chatting to Davidson for a few minutes longer , he went back to his office . |
| 10 | Perhaps , while she hassled , she managed to forget Montaine for a few hours . |
| 11 | ‘ After the Smiths I had been playing the guitar for a few years and I was listening to things like Aztec Camera and Orange Juice . |
| 12 | Durham born Gregory had only been playing the bass guitar for a few weeks when he joined . |
| 13 | They talked about their plans for a few minutes . |
| 14 | Three years later , during the carnival of 1645 , John Evelyn saw Ercole in Lidia by Monteverdi 's pupil and successor at St. Mark 's , Giovanni Rovetta ( C. 1596–1668 ) , at the Teatro Novissimo , with ‘ variety of sceanes painted and contrived with no lesse art of perspective , and machines for flying in the aire , and other wonderfull motions … one of the most magnificent and expensive diversions the wit of man can invent ’ ; and the San Cassiano had a chorus for a few years . |
| 15 | We went to Weston-super-Mare for a few days . |
| 16 | He was unlikely to have her arrested again , and an unwanted pass might seem like fair payment for a few hours spent out of the confines of her depressing little room . |
| 17 | Once Queen Victoria had been established on the throne for a few decades , she acquired a natural authority when dealing with her prime ministers . |
| 18 | The third-ranking member of the CPV politburo , he had served as acting Premier for a few months in 1988 following the death of Pham Hung , but had then been dislodged from the post by the more conservative Do Muoi . |
| 19 | Although the females ' ranges are smaller than those of individual males they overlap those of several of them and may therefore turn up in more than one male community ; females in oestrus range widely , consorting with a male for a few days . |
| 20 | On Monday she 's going back to mum for a few days . |
| 21 | He had had a spell about two years previously when he had been in a wheel-chair for a few weeks , but had managed to get himself out of it and stagger around with two tripods . |
| 22 | After a while , sitting in the car , we saw her stand for a few minutes first on one of the Howes , then on another , still and with arms raised . |
| 23 | Now actually Mill did put the his erm this proposal forward , he was a member of parliament for a few years and he was trying to get this discussed in parliament . |
| 24 | In January 1936 Edward went to Windsor for a few weeks . |
| 25 | When King George died in 1952. and Queen Mary died in 1961 , Edward returned to Windsor for a few days . |
| 26 | She rummaged about in her brown paper carrier-bag for a few minutes more . |
| 27 | I went off to school camp for a few days when I was ten , and Mum suggested I took some sanitary towels with me in case my period started , but I dismissed this as silly and unnecessary . |
| 28 | Cos Grant 's gone off to play with his computer for a few minutes . |
| 29 | If you give yourself a shake , change your seating position slightly , open the clear vision panel for some fresh air , change hands on the stick for a few moments and have a sweet or drink , you can snap out of it and start to work normally again . |
| 30 | : Ma for a few years and recently we 've reassessed the doses and also we 've reassessed the risks so those two things together have caused us to express our concern and to advise the government what to do about it . |