Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] for [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Although she had n't expected to , she actually managed to sleep for a few hours that night . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The water was deep in the middle , so I had to swim for a few metres . |
| 7 | He and the housekeeper continued to converse for a few minutes and finally he said , ‘ Very well , Mrs Pettifer , sherry at six . ’ |
| 8 | Here the footpath ended so we had to walk for a few hundred yards along a stretch of country road . |