Example sentences of "[noun sg] for [adv] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | really a continuous , strongish wind to blow in one direction for quite a few hours . |
| 2 | Big undertakings like Sheffield and Worth only required twenty or thirty men each , and of course for just a few weeks at a time . |
| 3 | When the tide springs up the shore the furthest , it also recedes the furthest — uncovering pools which may be accessible by foot for only a few hours each year . |
| 4 | ‘ Come on , ’ Ace yelled , willing the motors to sacrifice their entire future lifetimes of useful work for just a few more horsepower now — and with a grinding , tearing , roaring noise the platform cracked , buckled , and was ripped from the side of the building . |
| 5 | I mean to our children , although they 've been away from Butchwana for quite a few years now it 's still home |
| 6 | One thing which will prove very disconcerting for a young puppy is to be left on its own in kennels after being in a home for just a few weeks . |
| 7 | He knew that she had not enjoyed his homecoming or the renewal of a sexual life ; throughout their married life he had been at home for only a few weeks at a time , and she had been free to make her life as she chose . |
| 8 | The car had been parked outside their home for only a few minutes before neighbours saw it being driven off by teenage youths . |
| 9 | If a dealer has worked in the business for only a few weeks , the client has no way of telling whether he is senior or not , and some licensed dealers have taken advantage of this . |
| 10 | This stage resembles planning your essay outline , and could give you your necessary paragraph headings ( particularly since an exam essay gives room for only a few paragraphs ) . |
| 11 | I 've been a carer for quite a few years now , until recently , when my grandmother died . |
| 12 | The Standing Orders of the Houses are such , however , that no mere eccentric has much chance of disturbing the parliamentary calm for even a few seconds . |
| 13 | If he could have evaded meeting the poor man for even a few days , this squabble over the saint 's bones would have been settled , one way or another , and Herluin would have been off on his travels , and taken Tutilo with him . |
| 14 | Pauline Dungate has been working in the church for quite a few years , and she knows the man who lives in the cemetery from time to time . |
| 15 | Here they had to part with their horses , for of course there could be accommodation for only a few animals in this castle itself . |
| 16 | He pointed out the importance of having both long and short term memory — ‘ you do n't want to clutter up your brain with information that is irrelevant long term ’ , he said , giving as an example the way you would look at traffic approaching as you crossed a street — you need to recall the situation for only a few seconds . |
| 17 | I think I 've sat is those auditorium seats in the same format for quite a few years now . |
| 18 | Right erm now that 's understandable er even , even members who get stuff posted directly such as , you know , we 've had a direct mailing system for quite a few years now , when you meet them you say what about I do n't know what you 're talking about ? |
| 19 | ‘ We are no longer talking about a safety net for just a few young people ’ , said Roger Singleton , Barnardo 's senior director . |
| 20 | Jane 's mum Mary , 50 , was beaten to death for just a few pounds in 1981 . |
| 21 | Bernard the chamberlain held his high office for only a few months , in 829 – 30 . |
| 22 | In all this time Kiev itself was in the hands of the short-lived Ukrainian Republic for only a few months . |