Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv prt] for [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Take this tiny sample : Leopold Bloom , the Dublin Jew , with his touching mixture of timorousness and courage , has looked in for a few moments at a church as a Mass is ending . |
| 2 | I was expecting you , of course , but I must have dropped off for a few minutes . ’ |
| 3 | In Britain , those from the late Fifties and Sixties fetch about Pounds 1 , while pre-war badges can usually be picked up for a few pounds . |
| 4 | Maybe I should have hung on for a few days in there getting to grips with Alf Bundy 's ailments . |
| 5 | Ramesh K was then brought in for a few minutes . |
| 6 | After the fish had settled in for a few days , one that I had thought to be a male showed signs of filling eggs , and developed a bright yellow patch on her belly . |
| 7 | I 've only popped in for a few minutes . |
| 8 | Bob did not retire immediately as he has worked on for a few months to introduced new salesmen to their areas . |
| 9 | I have never had much stomach for fighting and I certainly did not relish the prospect of having my head knocked off for a few cigarettes ! |
| 10 | ‘ I think everyone is probably making far too much fuss , and Angela has just taken off for a few days ' holiday . ’ |
| 11 | Then the funeral was held up for a few days , and we soon realised that the effect was indeed cosmetic and nothing more . |