Example sentences of "[noun prp] for the [adj] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Luck had been on Cassie 's side up until now , for Stephanie had been working in Germany for the past few weeks and this circumstance had removed the necessity of proffering an invitation ; with , of course , the desirable Martin in attendance . |
| 2 | Now that Cadfael came to think of it , less than usual had been seen and heard of Jerome for the past few days , ever since the evening when he had been discovered on his bed , quaking and sick with bellyaches and headaches , and been soothed to sleep by Cadfael 's stomachics and syrups . |
| 3 | It 's been sitting on the forecourt of a garage just outside Ross on Wye for the past few weeks , and is gaining a considerable amount of interest from passers by … but as yet no one is very serious about buying it . |
| 4 | He has played in Sicily for the past few years and has decided to renew his contract . |
| 5 | I have n't read anything official from Elland Road for the past few months , so I 'm presuming that this season coming we wo n't need premier cards to go to away games . |
| 6 | Methadone has been prescribed in Edinburgh for the past few years in an effort to control the spread of AIDS by offering people an alternative to injecting drugs . |
| 7 | This is the church which has been the centre of opposition in East Berlin for the past few weeks . |