Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] for [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only got in for a few minutes as half the church was there . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ZOOLOGIST Terry Walton stopped off for a few days in India in 1967 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I got on before I could change my mind and we bounced around for a few minutes . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | He drove on for a few minutes , the headlights cleaving a way through the darkness . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Our son Greg came over for a few days to do some business in England and to see his father . |
| 10 | He came up for a few days and stayed in Mackay 's Hotel in Ardallt . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | We sailed into a murky , airless dawn veiled by the thin drizzle of a Scotch Mist , and I turned in for a few hours . |
| 13 | Contentedly I went below and turned in for a few hours , leaving my colleague to navigate . |
| 14 | He walked on for a few yards , stooped and picked something up . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | ‘ Stormed around for a few days , lobbied as hard as I could and got on with my job . |
| 17 | The talking went on for a few moments then the sudden , all too familiar , sound of a mortar bomb leaving the barrel . |
| 18 | And so it went on for a few more minutes and then Anna returned , bearing a red packet labelled " Marlboro " . |
| 19 | He and Sybil took off for a few weeks ' holiday before going back to London . |
| 20 | He went out for a few moments and stood on the steps between the Greek pillars , looking in the direction of the Residency for any sign of movement . |
| 21 | There was wild thyme growing up here too , and as she lay back for a few blissful moments ' rest its delicate perfume assailed Robbie 's nostrils — another sensory memory to be stored away , she thought wistfully . |
| 22 | It is possible that I even dozed off for a few seconds , exhausted by the day 's work . |
| 23 | He found it incredibly rewarding and had a couple of momentous experiences of such excitement that he tried to recreate the excitement instead of going back to what caused it ( the old Orgasmic-Goal orientation — see Dr Ruth , pages 12 to 461 ) , so he gave up for a few years . |
| 24 | The Steady State Theory floundered on for a few more years , being continually revised , but eventually its three proponents conceded defeat . |
| 25 | We carried on for a few more yards , then retraced our steps down to the main level and back out into the sunshine . |
| 26 | This situation carried on for a few weeks , she would try to talk but always just ended up leaving some food on the step . |
| 27 | Cream conditioners are massaged onto hair , left on for a few minutes , then rinsed off . |
| 28 | We actually split up for a few days because his mother sent a Christmas card to him and not to me . |
| 29 | The Captain and his wife proved so hospitable that Ricky stayed on for a few days after Minton left to stay with Paul ( ‘ Odo ’ ) Cross and Angus Wilson at their home Rio Chico at Ocho Rios . |
| 30 | Afterwards the whole group stayed on for a few extra days . |