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Example sentences of "[adj] for a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	You could lose yourself here , I thought , fall asleep for a hundred years .
2	This fairy castle in the clouds has been asleep for a hundred years and the briars are beginning to take over .
3	Then the smell of warm grass came to join that of the roses and gunpowder and he fell asleep for a few moments , dreaming of cricket fields and meadows .
4	He fell asleep for a few hours just before dawn and woke cold and cramped , his head on the small desk , his body somehow wedged on the stool .
5	Two Oxford research groups under the directions of clinical pharmacologist Professor David Grahame-Smith and psychiatrist Professor Michael Gelder have used a substance called yohimbine which is specific for a 2 -receptors to study the number of platelet receptors before and after childbirth ( Lancet , vol i , p 495 ) .
6	Tabitha looked around in vain for a few minutes .
7	2 Heat the oil in a small frying pan and fry the turmeric for a few seconds .
8	The keel stayed solid for a few moments , then clouded and became clear as glass .
9	‘ It shows that the public is beginning to realise that for a few pounds spent on car security they can protect their second most expensive purchase , ’ he said .
10	‘ It shows that the public is beginning to realise that for a few pounds spent on car security they can protect their second most expensive purchase . ’
11	Then , after going on like that for a few minutes he took my hand and said , ‘ Faith you were absolutely rubbish ! ’ with that famous dead-pan expression .
12	So after a week he takes away the bandage , removes the bit of radium , sure enough there 's a bright red radiation burn on his forearm but apart from that he feels fine , he does n't feel ill , he obviously has n't died , er so he said well I 'll leave that for a few weeks and monitor my , my health and see if there 's any long term affects from this exposure to , to radiation .
13	He remained like that for a few seconds longer , while they tied his wrists to a pair of iron rings bolted into the wall , and then they let him go and left him dangling there — half in , half out of the river .
14	He seemed to consider that for a few seconds and then replied , ‘ Maria Luisa needed me around . ’
15	They stayed like that for a few seconds , both breathing hard , their mouths almost touching .
16	It is not usual for A level students to use footnotes , but it is sensible to know why and how they are used .
17	I do think it is scandalous thing neglecting your educational system and you 're going to pay for this for a hundred years , because riches just come by learning , that 's all .
18	Nigel considered this for a few moments and then he said , ‘ Tell you what .
19	After thinking about this for a few minutes , he said , ‘ No ; it must be imagination . ’
20	He held her like this for a few seconds and then , suddenly , the oddly predatory look left his face and his hands dropped to his sides .
21	He sometimes wondered if it was not Blanche 's ability to daydream like this for a few seconds a day , the power to see beauty in apparent ugliness , that was the key to her resilience .
22	He pondered the implications of this for a few days , uncertain whether to welcome it or feel alarmed .
23	Do this for a few days ( see figure 4 ) .
24	Could you leave this for a few days until I 'm fresher ? ’
25	They had been fucking like this for a few months , slyly , without letting on to the outside world .
26	He was standing in the far corner , talking to some men , and she was able to view him unobserved for a few moments .
27	Well if it came over his house th oh of course , next to the that will have been empty for a few years so
28	We stared at one another for a few seconds .
29	If I remember right , first home matches have been similar for a few years now .
30	Quite apart from the blunder there was one moment near the end of the game when he was walking around on the stage of Sadler 's Wells , unaware for a few minutes that it was his move .