Example sentences of "[adv prt] for a [adj] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Steady State Theory floundered on for a few more years , being continually revised , but eventually its three proponents conceded defeat . |
| 2 | We carried on for a few more yards , then retraced our steps down to the main level and back out into the sunshine . |
| 3 | ‘ But if you carry on for a few more days on an unofficial basis , that 's your business . |
| 4 | I can go on for a few more days . |
| 5 | And so it went on for a few more minutes and then Anna returned , bearing a red packet labelled " Marlboro " . |
| 6 | The weather was still warm and sunny , though , an Indian summer that looked like stretching on for a few more days yet . |
| 7 | So , the tree which from which bows used in the Battle of Agincourt could have been fashioned seems set to live on for a few more generations yet . |
| 8 | He told them they were in for a terrific all singing , all dancing , all laughing evening in the company of a galaxy of West End stars , and he informed them , after a bow to the front row where the CO and his wife sat among the senior officers of the Battalion : |
| 9 | It could be another sign that EASE is in for a tough few months , ironic when its annual report due to be published soon , will show that it made its first modest profit in 1992 . |
| 10 | their , their supply routes are n't as well defined as ours , but they 've got shear weight of numbers , see , I 'm af , I 'm afraid , I could be a fucking karate black belt or something right , so one on one against you I would n't have a problem , but if you went and got fucking thirty of your mates I would have a problem , I maybe able to hold you off for a fucking few minutes or something or if you could either contact , maybe a few months or years or something , but they will win |
| 11 | And being married to David made up for a great many afternoon teas and Women 's Institute meetings . |
| 12 | They were but it , well it was an event , a big event in , in the , among the younger people anyway in Brooks in Willenhall then and er it was really lovely , really lovely I forget if we had to pay to go in , but er we had er we saved up for a good few weeks before , so that we would have some money to spend at the Wakes it was one of the an event of the year then , but erm I used to like Willenhall Wakes and er I used to go dancing a lot well I was allowed to go dancing cos I 've always loved singing and dancing you see and er I was allowed but I had to be home before my father got home , but I was n't always . |
| 13 | If you leave the vehicle , the heat from the engine soaks into the carb and thaws it out for a few more miles . |
| 14 | I think I 've enough of my own without looking round for a few more . ’ |