Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] for a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | When handpumps break down , they can stand idle for want of maintenance , not for a week or two , or even for a few days , but for the lifetime of all the villagers . |
| 2 | I think it 's a matter that should be approached slowly , perhaps making it necessary to stay overnight , or even for a few days . |
| 3 | And just for a few minutes she savoured the circuitous routes of pleasure . |
| 4 | She felt his arms tighten around her in a comforting hug and just for a few seconds she allowed herself the luxury of sinking against him , feeling the strength and the warmth of his body next to her skin . |
| 5 | but when we 've read those we 've got to look up what else Jesus said , remember a few months ago the passage we read from Luke thirteen and they will come from the East and the West and from the North and the South and will recline at the table in the Kingdom of God , they will come he says from all directions , we work and hold and these two scriptures intention , we 've got ta compare one with the other , then we 'll read also John in that tremendous vision in the book of revelation he would he says what he saw there , in chapter seven verse nine after these things I looked and behold a great multitude which no one could count from every nation and all tribes and peoples and tongues standing before the throne and before the lamb , clothe in white robes and palm branches were in their hands and they cried out with a loud voice saying salvation to our God who sits on the throne and to the lamb , a handful of people , tiny minority , John says it was a great number , a multitude which no one could count from every nation , from every ethnic group , from every tribe and , and , and , and race on the face of the earth there in God 's heaven how grateful you and I should be , if we are among that number , it 's God 's grace , it 's not that we 've deserved it , it 's not that we have been privileged by some genetic er process to have been born in a so called a nominally Christian country , it is all of God 's grace , it 's not what we have done or what we are , but we have been saved by his grace and just for a few moments this morning , I 'd like us to from this question that was put to Jesus to follow on and if you like get five propositions from it , it sounds complicated but it 's not . |
| 6 | We take our clothes off and I stick my penis into you and pull it in and out for a few minutes and white stuff comes out and you say ‘ Is that it ? ’ |
| 7 | And er it was salted and then For a few days , and then it was put in what we called brine , s more salt , and covered and it would be there for six weeks . |
| 8 | , I just want you to know that I shall never change , but I also want you to allow me to come home now and again for a few days . |
| 9 | Colleagues , on composite motion thirty two , Toxic Shock Syndrome , I notice a number of colleagues went to the , the meeting that was held in the Conference Hall at lunchtime , and certainly for a few minutes , I had the opportunity to listen to some of the discussions that took place . |
| 10 | A well aimed flower bomb soon put paid to the battling vegies , but only for a few seconds to give you time to pass , save the children and leave quickly . |
| 11 | A well aimed flower bomb soon put paid to the battling vegies , but only for a few seconds to give you time to pass , save the children and leave quickly . |
| 12 | The travellers say they 'll move on , but not for a few days.Ken Goodwin reports . |