Example sentences of "for [art] few [noun pl] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Quiet , steady and composed , Gavin was an ideal partner for skipper Jim Cannon at the heart of the Palace defence and , if the early '80s were a time when our back four was often under a lot of pressure , Gavin played his part in Palace 's revival at the end of the decade although , in spite of skippering our successful 1988–89 side for a few matches mid-season , he incurred yet another injury and was prevented from playing in all but the final three games . |
| 2 | For a few years funding for memory research became hard to come by . |
| 3 | For a few seconds Folly 's vivid imagination conjured up a fantasy in which the girl she had rescued had been named by a father desperate for a son … |
| 4 | He sensed my curiosity about how much the twins were worth , and for a few seconds reticence and candour fought across his face , but then he shrugged . |
| 5 | The august meeting of the Herts and District Metal Detection Society , while not up to its usual high attendance , owing to many people managing to get away for a few weeks holiday , still managed to attract forty-five members . |
| 6 | But he was reassured by the fact that the Dhah had promised that they were leaving only for a few weeks vacation . |
| 7 | I did this but it 's not for a few weeks time for my presentation on Freud , or |