Example sentences of "[noun] for [art] [det] [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 | The legislation protects their consciences , and in charity makes financial provision for the few priests who will feel that they must leave . |
7 | President Reagan found it difficult to reduce the US budget deficit for the same reasons . |
8 | I 'd have to stay in Holyhead for a few nights . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | They stared at the dead sheep for a few seconds longer , then went back to the van . |
11 | And er Ivy got married and she stopped the teaching and died just that same year and then there was the a change for the both teachers . |
12 | After chatting to Davidson for a few minutes longer , he went back to his office . |
13 | Perhaps , while she hassled , she managed to forget Montaine for a few hours . |
14 | ‘ 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 . |
15 | Durham born Gregory had only been playing the bass guitar for a few weeks when he joined . |
16 | They talked about their plans for a few minutes . |
17 | 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 . |
18 | We went to Weston-super-Mare for a few days . |
19 | 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 . |
20 | Once Queen Victoria had been established on the throne for a few decades , she acquired a natural authority when dealing with her prime ministers . |
21 | 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 . |
22 | Although the initial allocation of function and content to some packages will be necessarily vague , their very existence nevertheless provides an invaluable framework for the many specialists working on the project . |
23 | 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 . |
24 | On Monday she 's going back to mum for a few days . |
25 | 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 . |
26 | 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 . |
27 | Specifiedly general objects , such as forms and universals , by their very nature stand for the many things which are instances of them : a single particular may be in a variety of relations — most obviously causal , spatial or temporal - to others , but the nature of a ‘ standing for ’ relation is obscure . |
28 | 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 . |
29 | Now it should be re-named the ‘ Oil City ’ , since its shops and industries are booming as the main base for the many services supplying the oil wells of the North Sea and their workers . |
30 | And , with Tim Kelaher missing two penalty chances which might have brought the Aussies back into the game , victory was sealed two minutes from time when Williams , in his finest hour for the All Whites , fired over a superb drop goal . |