Example sentences of "for a [det] [noun pl] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be ironic to pick away at the mortar for a few decades only to break through into the next-door cell . |
| 2 | Day by day , under the hot September sun , it wound its way steadily southwestwards , stopping for a few hours here , for half a week there , while Balboa attempted — in most cases , successfully — to make and consolidate friendships with the leaders of the tribes on whose lands he trod . |
| 3 | He had only been back for a few hours when company orders were posted showing that Colonel Hamilton wished to see Lance-Corporal Trumper at eleven hundred hours the following morning . |
| 4 | He fell asleep for a few hours just before dawn and woke cold and cramped , his head on the small desk , his body somehow wedged on the stool . |
| 5 | There wo n't be anything substantial from the labs for a few hours yet . |
| 6 | But for a few hours today there was hope . |
| 7 | If the bedroom you occupy is large enough to be turned into a comfortable bed-sitting-room , or if you have your own private sitting-room in the house , you can avoid trouble and confrontation by entertaining friends there , and that will be the end of it ; but if not , after a tactful explanation of your needs to your parent , you should get to the point of suggesting clearly that she might agree to retire to her room for a few hours sometimes when your friends come to the home ( after you have all shared a meal together first , if she wishes ) . |
| 8 | Oh I go down beach for a few hours really |
| 9 | Just before they reach the flowering stage — earlier if you need the land for another crop — chop them down , allow them to wilt for a few hours then plough or dig them in . |
| 10 | When he realises that he has a migraine , my husband retires to bed for a few hours then spends the rest of the day in an armchair . |
| 11 | Now that 's settled can I carry on moping for a few hours more ? ’ |
| 12 | Day care schemes run by voluntary organisations and social services departments , to which older people can go for a few hours daily , are very helpful . |
| 13 | She was stationed now on the male floor and visited him frequently — sometimes in the line of duty , sometimes for a few minutes when her work was finished , often — as now , when she should have been elsewhere — for an illicit cigarette . |
| 14 | Pat said quickly , " Well , we can go to 45 But surely it is all right for a few minutes here . " |
| 15 | After chatting to Davidson for a few minutes longer , he went back to his office . |
| 16 | Cook it for a few minutes longer than stated and eat it |
| 17 | She laughed , and we talked for a few minutes longer . |
| 18 | There is no trim , mixture , flaps , prop control or gyros to worry about , so with a final tug at the harness , one can only glare balefully at the JAP again , decide that it has kept going thus far and may therefore be relied upon to continue doing so for a few minutes longer , and prepare to commit aviation . |
| 19 | For a few minutes longer , she mingled with the crowd , exchanging a word here and there . |
| 20 | For a few minutes longer Isabel tried to sort out hard facts from vague suspicions , with little success . |
| 21 | The starts of Flatliners ( 15 ) — including off-screen lovers Julia Roberts and Kiefer Sutherland — find a way to die for a few minutes just to see what life is like ‘ on the other side ’ . |
| 22 | Andrew Beattie was allowed a visit by his wife for a few minutes around half-past one and for the first time he learned that no strike organisers had been arrested other than in the Rathcoole district . |
| 23 | We left the infirmary , standing for a few minutes outside , drinking in the sweet morning air . |
| 24 | She rummaged about in her brown paper carrier-bag for a few minutes more . |
| 25 | Cook for a few minutes more , stirring thoroughly . |
| 26 | If it 's not ready , boil for a few minutes more and test again . |
| 27 | Allow to rest for a few minutes then roll , on a lightly floured board , into rounds 5–6ins/12–15cm in diameter . |
| 28 | I was on time but kept waiting for a few minutes so that the assembled Health Authority Chairmen and administrators could pass a motion condemning the Government 's offer as divisive . |
| 29 | On the surface of his mind lies the contrast between a trivial though tormenting fear and a monstrous scheme ; and beneath that contrast appears a positive contradiction : for a few sentences earlier we have been told ‘ He was not really afraid of any landlady ’ . |
| 30 | And then they 'd have a big auction for a few pounds where Dad used to do the auctioning and since he was a sergeant major one could hear his voice . |