Example sentences of "for [art] few [noun pl] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Competition for the few places available is keen and a high academic standard is required .
2 The Society had asked members not to let their own daughters enter the trade , but now , for a few shillings extra , they were training the girl learners .
3 After a few days of premonitory seismic activity , the eruption started on 15 January and for a few days well-developed Vulcanian activity continued , with frequent explosions and a great eruption cloud reaching up to 10,000 metres .
4 For a few seconds Tildy just stood there .
5 For a few seconds Soapy remembered other , happier days .
6 In the past a Welsh dealer had brought ponies and kept them on the moors at Hartshead to fatten them up for a few weeks prior to the fair , and Mr Rawson had often helped to drive them from there to Lee Gap .
7 It remained his seat for a few months short of thirty years .
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