Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] for a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jessamy stopped drawing for a few moments . |
| 2 | Later , Margaret stopped playing for a few years so she could concentrate on squash but three years ago she returned to the sport and now plays outside hitter for the Balerno team . |
| 3 | It was difficult to raise the vein as the filly staggered around , but she came to rest for a few seconds and I dug my thumb into the jugular furrow . |
| 4 | A few days before Michael came home , our daughter-in-law Pippa came to stay for a few days , bringing Emily , who was to go to a boarding-school in Yorkshire . |
| 5 | Detective Sergeant Burgess went off to report to his Superintendent , and Redpath , who 'd been on duty since midnight , decided to try for a few hours ' sleep . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Although she had n't expected to , she actually managed to sleep for a few hours that night . |
| 8 | The Chinese do n't like their planes to fly unless the weather is absolutely O.K. So we had to wait for a few hours for the plane to arrive from Shanghai . |
| 9 | The water was deep in the middle , so I had to swim for a few metres . |
| 10 | He and the housekeeper continued to converse for a few minutes and finally he said , ‘ Very well , Mrs Pettifer , sherry at six . ’ |
| 11 | Although aware he was an android , she had thought for a few seconds before removing her clothes . |
| 12 | Here the footpath ended so we had to walk for a few hundred yards along a stretch of country road . |
| 13 | Wooderson continued running for a few years , winning the European 5,000 metres and stretching his span of achievement from world record breaker at half-mile to national cross-country champion over nine miles in 1949 . |
| 14 | This brought the number of District Geologists in Edinburgh up to 3 , a repetition of the situation which had existed for a few years in the 1920s . |
| 15 | The branch line had survived for a few years as a single line until its final demise . |
| 16 | After the action had lasted for a few minutes , County Inspector Meharg , through a loudhailer , ordered : ‘ The police will hold their hands , please . ’ |
| 17 | She stood listening for a few minutes , trying not to smile . |
| 18 | We sat chatting for a few minutes after finishing our meal . |