Example sentences of "for [adv] a few [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We had run for only a few hundred yards . |
| 2 | There was little incentive for them to be active in this regard , for only a few high-level headmen received a salary . |
| 3 | If this is making atrocities palatable for not a few concerned citizens the aftertaste is a bit too much . |
| 4 | ‘ We are no longer talking about a safety net for just a few young people ’ , said Roger Singleton , Barnardo 's senior director . |
| 5 | But today , with more time at her disposal , she could no longer resist the adventure , and in a moment she was out of her own plain black Sunday dress , with its detachable white collar and cuffs , and into the sumptuous white silk which had clothed her dead mother once and for just a few short hours . |
| 6 | ‘ Come on , ’ Ace yelled , willing the motors to sacrifice their entire future lifetimes of useful work for just a few more horsepower now — and with a grinding , tearing , roaring noise the platform cracked , buckled , and was ripped from the side of the building . |
| 7 | I was quite pleased to be back home but I missed the excitement of the trips and wanted to go back for just a few more days . |
| 8 | Cos , probably you do n't realize that , even a cigarette light , if you drew a cigarette , like that , and er and made it glow , it 's visible for quite a few hundred yards in the darkness . |
| 9 | I hope she is still around for quite a few more years . ’ |
| 10 | So anyway , that was it , you had to go to your branch and complain , make your protest in writing , see , and the branch secretary would reply to your letter okay , And they 'd ask for maybe a few more details about the complaint . |