Example sentences of "for [noun] [adv] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | DURING the furore of the next three weeks of General Election campaigning , for Christians perhaps a few reflections about the institution which is the House of Commons — and especially about the men and women who are sent there — would not come amiss . |
| 2 | For is this not how such a story should begin , with the cliché of the poor and disenfranchised of the earth , huddling for warmth just a few feet away from champagne-swilling plutocrats glorying in their ascendancy ? |
| 3 | But the measurements show that these differences are small , for example only a few Kelvin at the tropopause . |
| 4 | But although he was beaten for pace quite a few times , it seemed that alot of the time he was out of position . |
| 5 | Indeed , MTB 74 , with her torpedo tubes on the foredeck instead of amidships , was ready for sea only a few hours before the raid , her crew having changed one of her five engines . |