Example sentences of "for [adv] a few " in BNC.
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| 31 | Quick action is vital , since anyone who stops breathing can usually live for only a few minutes without help . |
| 32 | But he meant this to come for only a few days , not for an indefinite stay . |
| 33 | It was good to be able to demonstrate that I did know something about handling animals even though I had been qualified for only a few months . |
| 34 | She put her hands against her face , thinking , ‘ I shall stand this for only a few seconds more , then I shall leave . ’ |
| 35 | By contrast , some of the smallest features seen have lasted for only a few hours . |
| 36 | I had been walking for only a few minutes when I was surprised to see Miss Stapleton sitting on a rock ahead of me . |
| 37 | Although I had seen you , Frankenstein , for only a few moments , I knew that I belonged to you . |
| 38 | Wash the specimens gently in two changes of distilled water ( not tap water , which contains Fe and Ca ) for only a few seconds at a time — the stains are relatively soluble . |
| 39 | That lasted for only a few moments ; it was a perfect death . |
| 40 | Having used version 5.5 for only a few days I could never go back . |
| 41 | In all this time Kiev itself was in the hands of the short-lived Ukrainian Republic for only a few months . |
| 42 | You 've known him for only a few days , so that 's impossible . |
| 43 | He was inside for only a few minutes and emerged very badly shaken . |
| 44 | Although the scheme was run for only a few weeks , more than 1,000 pairs of spectacles were collected from BNFL sites . |
| 45 | Bernard the chamberlain held his high office for only a few months , in 829 – 30 . |
| 46 | This stage resembles planning your essay outline , and could give you your necessary paragraph headings ( particularly since an exam essay gives room for only a few paragraphs ) . |
| 47 | Apollinaris survived for only a few months , and on his death Theuderic had Quintianus installed as bishop , apparently on the grounds that the saint had been driven from Rodez because of his loyalty to the Frankish king . |
| 48 | The Maréchal de Cadenet , a French ambassador on a special mission who stayed in London for only a few days in 1621 , was given by James I jewellery said to be worth £2,500 , while the duke of Buckingham , the king 's favourite , presented him with ponies and four albino falcons , the latter much prized by huntsmen . |
| 49 | Also in New Guinea are sympatric birds of paradise apparently dealing with fruit in a similar way , staying in the trees for only a few minutes , perhaps through fear of predators . |
| 50 | Officers expect to strike for only a few hours , and Association leaders will meet later this week to finalise the details . |
| 51 | It was after ten o'clock , and he would be quite right to disapprove , if it were n't for the fact that , in spite of appearances , she had slept for only a few hours last night . |
| 52 | She could tell he was relieved to be let off the hook if even for only a few minutes , despite his words as they 'd come downstairs . |
| 53 | The car had been parked outside their home for only a few minutes before neighbours saw it being driven off by teenage youths . |
| 54 | He was alone for just a few minutes and I made my offer . |
| 55 | We had owned the Sumatras for just a few months , but already we had seen that they are volatile and eccentric birds , much given to sudden screech-ups and bouts of cackling , which in other chickens would denote the arrival of an egg , but from them seem to signify only that they have given themselves a fright . |
| 56 | It seemed that I was asleep for just a few minutes when I was awakened by some noisy bastard shouting into the trench . |
| 57 | To coincide with the Year of the Maze , Chatsworth 's famous yew labyrinth is being opened for just a few days during the year , the next openings being on August 18 and September 15 . |
| 58 | The cellular type are best for just a few seeds : sow two or three in each cell and thin to one if more germinate . |
| 59 | The completed portraits now hang in the Quaderia dell'Ospedale Maggiore , and can be seen on occasions , for just a few weeks every other year as a rule . |
| 60 | Now , for just a few minutes at a time , focus on this image — and stir in desire . |