Example sentences of "[adv] for a few [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We men , we know not what loftiness we might reach if only for a few small hours we could by carefulness of life , morally and physically so exact ourselves that scarce any utmost purity of air were too perfect for us . |
| 2 | These days the ladies will ride if only for a few hundred yards . |
| 3 | Roman Catholicism has been more in line with the other great world religions in insisting that mysticism is only for a few chosen souls and that , unless one has this special propensity , mysticism can be a serious health threat . |
| 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 | The Director paused and watched the scene below for a few thoughtful seconds , as a squad of house servants bagged and carried out the human remains , and began stripping off the blood-soaked canvas cover from the padded squares underneath , removing it for cleaning . |
| 6 | ‘ We are both talking nonsense , let us continue to do so for a few more minutes . |
| 7 | Every broken marriage , every wrecked career must have one , in some form or another , and doubtless career and marriage might have drifted aimlessly on together for a few more years if the sea had been clear of Carlas , but it would have ended some time or other , and possibly with a lot more pain than there was now . |
| 8 | Just for a few more days ? ’ |
| 9 | Grandparents who moved in only at the very end of their lives , just for a few last months , rarely left much of a mark unless earlier contact had been important . |
| 10 | I 'm just here for a few short months . |
| 11 | They stood there for a few more seconds , staring at each other . |
| 12 | She 's expected to stay there for a few more days , as a precautionary measure . |
| 13 | Indeed for a few medieval days it was the effective capital of England . |