Example sentences of "for a few [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It was used for a few emergency landings by Royal Air Force planes during the recent Falklands War .
2 She eschewed all requests to be interviewed about the contest on radio or television , opting instead for a few newspaper interviews with sympathetic journalists .
3 And , except for a few Teflon exceptions , it does ! ’
4 Hillhead for a few founder by day .
5 ‘ Memory Serves ’ from 1982 is a different kettle of tosh altogether , being largely fiddling instrumentals , spiky chicken pop and a really dated cover of ‘ For A Few Dollar More ’ with scratching on it .
6 And when I come here and I lived here for a few year and then really saw what it was like , I thought , God , never again .
7 But now I 've been drug-free for over a year erm but I 'd been trying for a few year before that and had nay managed to succeed .
8 They 'll be looking for a few home runs at their new home at Dowty Aerospace .
9 The Happy Mondays may have been all too willing to sell their souls for a few column inches , but watching Shaun gaze at the floor ‘ uhming ’ and ‘ aahing ’ , struggling to get his brain into gear , I feel like a voyeur .
10 For a few second I was n't sure which side had won .
11 We would give much for a few case histories , like that of the fourteenth-century merchant of Prato , of how a medieval household actually worked .
12 I mean he knew you were good for a few lire more than usual . ’
13 Chris occasionally removes some of the surface plants , but does very little else , except for a few water changes .
14 Yet nobody , save for a few free-market purists , seems to be worrying — least of all the Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission , whose office is located next to the finance ministry .
15 It was n't until we told him , that he exclaimed ‘ Oh yes , I remember the Institute Netball Team first time round in the 70's — Oh yes , a right tough lot ! ’ — Marion , we 'll get together for a few team tactics eh ?
16 She tried low-calorie diets for a few week .
17 Gav — I notice there was no gossip about Batts nipping in to the bank for a few sov 's .
18 The last time Iraq threatened Kuwait , in 1966 , the Brits flew 6000 troops into the principality where they sweated quietly for a few summer weeks until , the point having been taken , no more was heard about Iraq 's 19th province .
19 Did n't we have a black guy who played for a few season in the second division with Revie before the real glory years .
20 He used to deliver messages for a few club owners on this patch , ’ Culley said .
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