Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] for [art] few " in BNC.

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1 Yes , I think I shall stay on for a few days here . ’
2 On the return , you can stay on for a few nights in Copenhagen for just £39 per person per night .
3 Meyer will return home for a few weeks after this weekend 's race , and will then fly to Britain , where she will set up base for about four months , competing on the European circuit in her build-up for the World Championships in Stuttgart , where she will no doubt meet McColgan again .
4 The disk will whizz around for a few seconds , and then you get the rows of statistics .
5 She would twitter on for a few sentences to get everyone else to give their opinions , then make a decision .
6 Often the Phantasms — daemon-masked , each dabbed with different costly scents , and gowned in luminous silk appliquéd with lascivious emblems — would bomb around the broad upper avenues on their jet-trikes , and through almost deserted midnight malls , seeking stylised mayhem with another brat gang or hunting for an odour bar or an elegant brothel which they could take over for a few hours before fleeing just ahead of a Judge patrol .
7 ‘ Then , if you would also remain here for a few moments , Madame Ash , perhaps Madame Craig would be so kind as to come this way ? ’
8 Can SHe stay here for a few days ? ’
9 ‘ At least , let me stay here for a few days .
10 I can go on for a few more days .
11 The way things are , you might struggle on for a few months .
12 However , he left the next day , calling later to ask Lorna to meet him nearby with £500 cash so he could go away for a few days .
13 His meeting was not until the next morning , so he could switch off for a few hours .
14 And , although I did go home for a few holidays , most I seem to remember were spent elsewhere with friends or at special holiday camps that some of the other boarders went to . ’
15 I felt him go off for a few seconds .
16 Do not stand up for a few moments .
17 Some think that he will go abroad for a few days and the CIA will then engineer his return in a countercoup , just as it did in 1953 .
18 It was n't until we told him , that he exclaimed ‘ Oh yes , I remember the Institute Netball Team first time round in the 70's — Oh yes , a right tough lot ! ’ — Marion , we 'll get together for a few team tactics eh ?
19 Do you think I might come in for a few minutes and talk to you about Matilda ? ’
20 She said to me , " Ca n't you get away for a few days ? "
21 ‘ If Steve does n't come back for a few days I 'll probably have to go into Palma and see the airlines and the tourist board myself . ’
22 We all thought right okay , we 'll get out for a few days and matters 'll come to a head , get sorted out and we 'd be back at work , happy as anything you know , everything sorted within a couple of weeks .
23 Why do n't we go and sit down for a few minutes and then you can decide what you want to do next ? ’
24 Might as well sit down for a few minutes might n't we ?
25 and even if you do n't it 's gon na c you know And er you get a few choice words and then eventually you say Well well look we 'll go outside and sit outside for a few minutes and d and wait till you 've decided what and do n't forget i time you kn you kn
26 Then if you 'd lie down for a few minutes , have a few minutes ’ sleep , you were right again .
27 Ask Lina if she 'd like to come up and help out for a few weeks ?
28 ‘ I would roll over on my ankle and it would pop out for a few seconds and click back in again ’ .
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