Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] for a [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only got in for a few minutes as half the church was there . |
| 2 | The membranes of course contain both the proteins and the enzyme that phosphorylates them , protein kinase C. If radioactive ATP is added to a tiny sample of the membranes , and incubated together for a few seconds in a miniature test-tube , the membrane proteins become both phosphorylated and radioactive . |
| 3 | Before the members of the cast separated to check out of their lodgings on that last night of the provincial tour before moving in for a run at a West End theatre they got together for a few drinks on stage . |
| 4 | Poured on to the plane , alone , Burton was humped for thirteen hours across the Atlantic , assuaged by alcohol ; stopped over for a few drinks in New York and then taken on an eleven-hour trip to Los Angeles which was made tolerable by more alcohol . |
| 5 | ZOOLOGIST Terry Walton stopped off for a few days in India in 1967 . |
| 6 | He called a sudden halt to his crowded agenda at lunchtime and crashed out for a few hours in the adjacent chamber , throwing the timetable into disarray . |
| 7 | I got on before I could change my mind and we bounced around for a few minutes . |
| 8 | Still able to feel the firm sand beneath her feet , she swam quietly for a few minutes , before turning over on to her back . |
| 9 | The controls , which laid down a minimum deposit for certain goods , restricted the amount of the finance charge which could be made and prohibited finance charges altogether for others , lingered on for a few years afterwards as part of what was still more or less a strictly managed war-time economy . |
| 10 | He drove on for a few minutes , the headlights cleaving a way through the darkness . |
| 11 | Sometimes Sheila got away from her family to come with her and she drove down for a few hours as well as now and again in the middle of the week . |
| 12 | Our son Greg came over for a few days to do some business in England and to see his father . |
| 13 | He came up for a few days and stayed in Mackay 's Hotel in Ardallt . |
| 14 | The sun came up for a half an hour , but it was too cold : -46° Centigrade . |
| 15 | Rose drove silently for a few minutes . |
| 16 | He gazed calmly for a few seconds before he lifted his hand in greeting . |
| 17 | He frowned down for a few moments at the damp patch on the matting at his feet , then he shook his head , as if ridding himself of some unwelcome thought , and looked up at me again . |
| 18 | We sailed into a murky , airless dawn veiled by the thin drizzle of a Scotch Mist , and I turned in for a few hours . |
| 19 | Contentedly I went below and turned in for a few hours , leaving my colleague to navigate . |
| 20 | It faded away for a few seconds before starting again as others joined it , their howls hanging eerily in the cold shadows of the trees of Regent 's Park , before dying down again among the bars and cages of London Zoo . |
| 21 | He turned away for a few moments and I could see that he was upset by the news . |
| 22 | He walked on for a few yards , stooped and picked something up . |
| 23 | Thankfully , I handed over my pens to Rosemary so that she could finish plotting the latest chart , and escaped outside for a few breaths of fresh air . |
| 24 | The last time Iraq threatened Kuwait , in 1966 , the Brits flew 6000 troops into the principality where they sweated quietly for a few summer weeks until , the point having been taken , no more was heard about Iraq 's 19th province . |
| 25 | The boy fought wildly for a few seconds but then his right arm was bent back behind him until he called out in the most desperate agony he had ever known . |
| 26 | No answer , then Spencer passed out for a few seconds , only to wake to the pungent smell of burning and the sharp realisation that he must now get out of the thing . |
| 27 | Gannets and fulmars appeared out of the mist , flew alongside for a few minutes and disappeared again . |
| 28 | ‘ Stormed around for a few days , lobbied as hard as I could and got on with my job . |
| 29 | Bryn 's mouth worked silently for a few seconds . |
| 30 | And when I come here and I lived here for a few year and then really saw what it was like , I thought , God , never again . |