Example sentences of "[prep] [det] for [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | After thinking about this for a few minutes , he said , ‘ No ; it must be imagination . ’ |
| 2 | He pondered the implications of this for a few days , uncertain whether to welcome it or feel alarmed . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | They stayed like that for a few seconds , both breathing hard , their mouths almost touching . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | They had been fucking like this for a few months , slyly , without letting on to the outside world . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |