Example sentences of "for [adv] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Turner from St Michael 's Mission to the Blind , who had been attacked by dacoits a few days earlier and left for dead a few miles out of Shwebo . |
| 2 | I 've been off for three or four time before for long a few years and |
| 3 | Nor did they make any serious efforts to derive income from a huge fixed asset , which was used for only a few hours a week . |
| 4 | This feature allows the virus to persist in the environment even though its host , the insect larva , may be present for only a few weeks during the year . |
| 5 | He pointed out the importance of having both long and short term memory — ‘ you do n't want to clutter up your brain with information that is irrelevant long term ’ , he said , giving as an example the way you would look at traffic approaching as you crossed a street — you need to recall the situation for only a few seconds . |
| 6 | If hypnotics are prescribed , enough tablets for only a few nights should be given at any one time and the medication stopped once the period of distress is over . |
| 7 | We had run for only a few hundred yards . |
| 8 | A thousand feet on the QNH in solid cloud and driving rain ‘ somewhere near Maidenhead ’ is not a good place for a young pilot to be — especially with less than eighty hours flying time , no ratings , and in an aeroplane flown for only a few hours beforehand . |
| 9 | Just 1,000 feet on the QNH in solid cloud and driving rain ‘ somewhere near Maidenhead ’ is not a good place for a young pilot to be , especially one with less than eighty hours flying time , no ratings , and in an aeroplane flown for only a few hours beforehand ! |
| 10 | The embrace lasts for only a few seconds as the eggs are expelled immediately and fertilised by the male . |
| 11 | The Russian Federation is a new state , which has existed for only a few months . |
| 12 | There was little incentive for them to be active in this regard , for only a few high-level headmen received a salary . |
| 13 | Here they had to part with their horses , for of course there could be accommodation for only a few animals in this castle itself . |
| 14 | He knew that she had not enjoyed his homecoming or the renewal of a sexual life ; throughout their married life he had been at home for only a few weeks at a time , and she had been free to make her life as she chose . |
| 15 | Like Trevor , when the other person 's tension breaks and the anger bursts , do you feel any satisfaction or relief within yourself , even for only a few moments ? |
| 16 | As their striding Emperor quivered with the unleashing of its weaponry , Biff sat impotently for only a few moments . |
| 17 | When the tide springs up the shore the furthest , it also recedes the furthest — uncovering pools which may be accessible by foot for only a few hours each year . |
| 18 | They had been married for only a few weeks before he had been hacked down by a sabre . |
| 19 | These played for only a few minutes at a time . |
| 20 | If a dealer has worked in the business for only a few weeks , the client has no way of telling whether he is senior or not , and some licensed dealers have taken advantage of this . |
| 21 | Detailed experimental analyses of wing-movements during flight are available for only a few species and probably differ in different insects ( Weis-Fogh , 1956a , 1956b ; Jensen , 1956 ; Jensen and Weis-Fogh , 1962 ; Nachtigall , 1966 ; Neville , 1960 ; Vogel , 1966–67 ) . |
| 22 | In the first months , when hostilities were expected to last for only a few months , party activity was hardly affected at all . |
| 23 | The Doctor had watched the fight , without interest , for only a few minutes before setting off once again into the surrounding forest of knotted shapes . |
| 24 | The opportunity to escape from Reine appealed to Jean-Claude , even though he had been back for only a few weeks . |
| 25 | The mines at Sar-i-Sang were situated at over 8,500 feet and could be operated for only a few months in the year . |
| 26 | He had been in the States for only a few months . |
| 27 | Despite having been in the open for only a few seconds , they had been soaked . |
| 28 | A limitation of our study is that we had baseline data on smoking for only a few of the subjects and could not completely control for the potentially confounding effects of cigarette smoking . |
| 29 | The first is to design and construct local services for the majority of mentally disordered people who live in their own homes and who may use mental health services for only a few weeks every few years . |
| 30 | Some may bloom for only a few weeks , but their display is beautiful . |