Example sentences of "[v-ing] for [art] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Around £150 for family holidays , allowing for a few days reasonably riding as part of the package . |
| 2 | Jessamy stopped drawing for a few moments . |
| 3 | It was very simple , efficient , and reliable in operation , with the minor disadvantage that the vaporizer required preheating for a few minutes before the engine could be started ; when running , it retained sufficient heat to ignite the injected fuel . |
| 4 | Excuse me I 've got not exactly hay-fever but I think I 'm going to be sneezing for a few minutes . |
| 5 | The sightseers on the banks of the river , who , sensing something afoot , had been gathering for a few hours , dodged about , seeking a view between bushes . |
| 6 | Newman had stopped walking for a few moments , his mind racing . |
| 7 | Wait until your baby has been walking for a few weeks before taking her for the first shoe fitting , as toes are crucial in gripping the floor while learning to toddle . |
| 8 | It 's been happening for a few days , but I 've only just realised what it is … |
| 9 | Heat the oil and gently fry the spring onions without browning for a few minutes . |
| 10 | He picked it up crossly , but after listening for a few moments , his expression softened and he nodded twice . |
| 11 | She stood listening for a few minutes , trying not to smile . |
| 12 | Then , as he goes on listening for a few weeks , looking carefully at ever-new pictures of different cases , a tentative understanding will dawn on him ; he will gradually forget about the ribs and begin to see the lungs . |
| 13 | He then occupied a country living for a few years before returning to Winchester as chaplain to the Bishop , George Morley , who was a close friend of Izaak Walton . |
| 14 | I find myself pausing for a few dots myself before I turn over the page to find where all this is leading . |
| 15 | He walked once , twice round the table on the dais , pausing for a few seconds behind each chair . |
| 16 | Listen , Bill — the boy 's been training for a few weeks , and it 's time he did some work . |
| 17 | And he would ask a few questions , say he 'd been looking for a few hours . |
| 18 | Erm , then we all just worked at getting pieces out on paper , all that was going fine , and then I assigned two more people to stick all the pieces together and trying to create sentences from it , and I think the only time that I , we lost it was like , right at the end we were like looking for a few words to make our sentences make sense . |
| 19 | More typically , the individual child stands at the teacher 's desk , muttering or stentoriously chanting for a few minutes , until checked by the ticking of a card which is slipped into the reading book at the page he or she has reached , or is expected to reach " by next time " . |
| 20 | Jake fingered the paperweight idly as he continued , ‘ It had probably been developing for a few days . |
| 21 | Even if the committee agree to a grant , it ca n't be more than a couple of thousand — not enough to keep you going for a few months . |
| 22 | Although he made a huge bonfire of his papers and correspondence in 1916 , and kept it going for a few days , Edward preserved all her letters along with his notebooks . |
| 23 | Jack and Alison were going for a few days to Amsterdam . |
| 24 | I would n't , I would n't mind going for a few days |
| 25 | Uplands kept its wholesaling operation going for a few years after I left , but it does n't exist any more ; I think the day of the really small wholesaler is gone . ’ |
| 26 | They will also be able to supply you with a list of suitable short-term homes for the elderly in your area , to which your parent might consider going for a few weeks each year in order that you may have a holiday , if there is no other member of the family who could take over your responsibilities in your absence . |
| 27 | The three of them talked politely about horses and racing for a few minutes , before Kelly decided it was time to leave . |
| 28 | Ten a.m. , 24th July ; just finished breakfast with the mortar team and relaxing for a few minutes over a mug of hot tea discussing the number of casualties after the heavy shelling last night . |
| 29 | Sandwiched between the pair is a vast array of goods , ranging from the luxurious to the novel , the exorbitantly priced to those selling for a few pounds . |
| 30 | I was on time but kept waiting for a few minutes so that the assembled Health Authority Chairmen and administrators could pass a motion condemning the Government 's offer as divisive . |