Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] for a few " in BNC.

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1 A great deal is going on in those regions , and people in the south who have not been north of Watford Gap for a few years should go and see what is happening there .
2 It was only a vote in the Commons at 11 p.m. that brought the evening to an end and then she returned to Downing Street for a few hours ' work on her boxes before turning in .
3 After standing silently looking up at the Brooklyn sky for a few minutes , and reciting a poem , she then jumped back into the car .
4 The driver stopped the jeep outside the Saulnier farm for a few moments to say goodbye to the farmer , a very good friend to the Commandos , especially No. 6 Commando .
5 Just as I had n't minded when asked if I would like to take care of Jeffrey Bernard for a few days while he was in Sydney to promote the play about himself , Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell , which is currently playing here .
6 I was taken prisoner of war at Saint Valerie for a few of my friends in from Edinburgh who were taken prisoner of war .
7 Seaham area for a few codling in the harbour and from the Green Wall .
8 Seems she 's been seeing Mr Marumba for a few months .
9 I 'd rather get Leeds tickets for it of course , but I 've a mate over from Norn Irn for a few days ( ex Larne and Crusaders player ) and he 's not a LUFC member .
10 It was at this point that I gave up any hopes for an aviation career simply because of the increasing high cost of hiring that DH Moth for a few hours every weekend .
11 This comment may have drawn attention to Mary Leapor for a few years .
12 Two manuscripts , containing poems and the prose Centuries , were purchased by W. T. Brooke for a few pence from two London book-barrows in the winter of 1896–7 , and were identified as Traherne 's by Bertram Dobell [ q.v . ] .
13 The train stopped at Spean Bridge for a few moments , the platform was almost deserted .
14 I have not seen Brian Way for a few years now , since he went to work in America , but if he is continually developing his philosophy and practice at the rate Dorothy Heathcote is refining hers , then there is the added danger that anything written about them is out of date as it leaves the press .
15 Milton , the provost believed , should write to the collector of customs to have him tell the threatened tide waiter that he was in no danger , and at the same time secure an order for Main to cross to West Lothian for a few days , around the time of the burgh elections , in order to get him out of the way , for the election of the deacon of the wrights would turn on this single vote .
16 She spoke with Lord Furness for a few minutes , and then Lady Furness brought her over to see me .
17 Some of these sporting ‘ characters ’ play golf and appear with comedians such as Jimmy Tarbuck and Bruce Forsyth or actor Sean Connery for a few holes and a bit of friendly banter .
18 In fact he would have a selling job to do , but could hardly ask Jim Cavalier for a few hints .
19 But Steve had gone off with Maria Luisa for a few days and he was n't thinking about work , that was for sure , and she had n't her freedom anyway !
20 ‘ After I had been at the Bedford Institution for a few years there were changes for the better .
21 In April the Prince went off to the Kalahari Desert for a few days with Sir Laurens Van der Post , to see for himself the society that his friend had written and talked about so much .
22 My boyfriend at the time , two friends and I , decided to kick around the Loch Tay area for a few days between Christmas and New Year , since the only decent hotel we could find open was the Ledcreich Hotel at Balquhidder .
23 Gabrielle went to stay with her parents in the Kent countryside for a few days after the hearing , collected her thoughts and decided to carve out a life for herself and her children .
24 Living with his mother Kiefer stayed in Los Angeles for a few years before moving back to Bridgewater Canada .
25 Oswaldston 's going to be living off Walter Machin for a few years . ’
26 Later he put aside his grief to invite successor Bill Clinton to the White House for a few tips on settling in .
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