Example sentences of "have [verb] for [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , one the " dose and move " system has operated for a few years this problem is unlikely to arise . |
| 2 | Lead levels from a system with lead piping are much higher in the first few pints that come from a tap that has been left turned off than after the water has run for a few minutes , as this flushes out much of the dissolved lead . |
| 3 | ‘ Donkey has waited for a few minutes . |
| 4 | They could easily have waited for a few days . ’ |
| 5 | The blow would have killed him instantly — at least , he might have lived for a few minutes in a technical sense , but he would have been unconscious and effectively dead . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The water was deep in the middle , so I had to swim for a few metres . |
| 8 | Although aware he was an android , she had thought for a few seconds before removing her clothes . |
| 9 | ‘ I am not pregnant , nor do I suffer from anorexia , ’ she added frostily , ‘ I 'm trying to shake off an illness I 've had for a few months , that 's all . ’ |
| 10 | Here the footpath ended so we had to walk for a few hundred yards along a stretch of country road . |
| 11 | I had the result this afternoon , but I 've known for a few weeks , really . |
| 12 | They 've they 've asked for a few changes to their older system , and this new one will give them all that they want , plus a load that they do n't want . |
| 13 | This brought the number of District Geologists in Edinburgh up to 3 , a repetition of the situation which had existed for a few years in the 1920s . |
| 14 | The branch line had survived for a few years as a single line until its final demise . |
| 15 | After the action had lasted for a few minutes , County Inspector Meharg , through a loudhailer , ordered : ‘ The police will hold their hands , please . ’ |
| 16 | Where time permits , leave the final draft of any report you have written for a few days and then read it again with fresh eyes . |