Example sentences of "an [noun sg] for a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the time I had been an intern for a few more months , doing my rounds in my white coat with stethoscope dangling round my neck ( and feeling very important ) , Father had had to close down the second branch , leaving — for the time being — only the original shop which he had opened near the Market Place where the annual Goose Fair was held . |
| 2 | ‘ But I can do an ad for a few thousand , then show them the sales figures . |
| 3 | My mother went on an outing for a few days with the Blind Club . |
| 4 | Yeah if they if their churning out the stock that tu tend to churn out , I mean I go along for an enquiry for a few and find they 've got thousands in stock . |
| 5 | Then he dozed in an armchair for a few hours , until he was too cold and stiff to bear it any longer , when he got up and made tea for everyone , and discovered that there was nothing to eat for breakfast . |
| 6 | The genial heavyweight said : ‘ I 've fought as an amateur for a few years . |