Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] for [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | I kept wandering around for a few hours , with no idea where I was or where I was going , then somewhere along the line I chanced upon an open space where there was the odd bench scattered here and there and I used one of these for my lie-down . |
| 2 | You 've been mooning about for a few weeks , ’ she chuckled , ruefully . |
| 3 | I think I 've enough of my own without looking round for a few more . ’ |
| 4 | She said it had been going on for a few months . ’ |
| 5 | It is part of a rather complicated arrangement that has been going on for a few years now . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Fancy skiving off for a few hours ? |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm going out for a few minutes . ’ |
| 8 | She wriggled in outrage , but when he caught her head between his hands , pulling back for a few moments to stare intently into her face , she stopped fighting . |
| 9 | The travellers say they wo n't be moving on for a few days and tonight , the festival still appears to be in full swing.Local people are angry after finding drug-taking equipment dumped in gardens , and sheep savaged to death at a local farm . |
| 10 | Why not extend you holiday by staying on for a few nights in Copenhagen ? |
| 11 | ‘ Well , actually , this is such a beautiful place , I was thinking of maybe staying on for a few extra days , ’ she invented hastily , knowing her mother would worry herself silly if she knew the half of it — let alone that her car had packed up . |
| 12 | The 5 sins were such things as letting his Bible fall by accident , jumping about for a few minutes on the sabbath , forgetting that it was Sunday , and hesitating to lend his sister a book which she asked him for . ' |
| 13 | The weather was still warm and sunny , though , an Indian summer that looked like stretching on for a few more days yet . |
| 14 | There 's no alternative , I 'm afraid , to covering up for a few days , using a higher SPF sunscreen and taking care to stay out of the sun as much as possible . |