Example sentences of "[verb] only for [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like the other Acorus species described so far , it grows only for a few months in the aquarium . |
| 2 | There is a fundamental contradiction between the official figures ( which , as Teddy perfectly fairly pointed out , showed that 75 per cent of those who went on Government schemes did secure subsequent employment ) and the common experience that such jobs tended to last only for a few months . |
| 3 | The ceremonies lasted for a month and millions attended , many coming only for a few days . |
| 4 | But officials insist that Poland 's national telephone company , PTTP , will be protected only for a few more years and will then be left to go bankrupt if it can not compete against privately owned network operators . |
| 5 | This inherited , natural , passive ( the baby has not produced it ) immunity to , for example , measles and whooping cough usually lasts only for a few months after birth . |
| 6 | But he was reassured by the fact that the Dhah had promised that they were leaving only for a few weeks vacation . |
| 7 | At the summit cairn on Shunner Fell , we paused only for a few seconds to look towards Swaledale and back towards Mallerstang before moving on . |