Example sentences of "a few [noun pl] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | She only took her sunglasses off when she was inside the dark little shop but even then it took a few moments for her eyes to adjust . |
| 2 | she did n't say well er my husband brought me here because it was a decision that she had parted , it was a choice she had made as well and so she , she excepts her responsibility , she excepts her blame and she goes to return so there was , there was this sense of confession and , and confession can be costly when we 've got to admit that I was wrong , I did wrong , I was mistaken , I went the wrong way that could be a costly mistake and , and , and er costly experience for us to go through , but surely the , the true sign of repent is that we do acknowledge our sin , we acknowledge our failure , that we acknowledge what it means to god , we ca n't shift that blame onto somebody else then also consider not just the cost that Naomi had to pay in going back , but also there was a cost for Auper and for Ruth as well as Moabias there would be little joy for them in Israel , they were foreigners , they were strangers , there would n't be much hope for happiness for them , there would be very little likeliness for them ever getting married in or remarrying er in , in Israel , they would n't be able to worship there own god , they 'd be taken from one culture to another , there 'd be taken from one language to another , what was it gon na be like for them , alright , perhaps whilst they were living with Naomi perhaps she could pull a few strings for them , but what happens when she goes and they are left by themselves and yet it would appear that with Naomi making her decision to return that they too these two daughters in law they decided to go to Bethlehem with her and it tells us that they set out together but perhaps they had n't thought it really through because their not totally committed to us and as they come towards the frontier and their gon na pass into in , back into Judah with their few miserable possessions that they 've gathered together , Naomi again considers the consequences facing these two young women , Auper and Ruth , they continued with her , as she pleads with them to go back home , Judah is no place for a foreigner , Judah is no place for somebody to come unless they are part of gods people , and I 'm reminded of again of what it tells me in , in the book of acts , that in the early church , that people were actually frightened , frightened to join with the disciples , they were frightened to join the church , there was no room for , for stragglers , there was no room for hangers on , there was no room for those who went just because they thought it was gon na be the next , the in thing to do , but folk were actually frightened of joining because they knew they had to put their lives right , they knew they had to live holy lives , they knew that god had to be lord and master in their lives and unless they were willing to do that and be committed to him they were actually frightened of joining and one of the great weaknesses of the church today is that it becomes and it can becoming our thinking and nothing more than just something we join , something we belong to , something we go along to er as like a club , like an association , but that 's not the picture we see it in the New Testament , it is a very exclusive body , it is a very exclusive grouping , a grouping of those who have committed themselves to Jesus Christ and that 's why not every body is a member of the local church , not every body who goes to church on a Sunday is a member of a church to Jesus Christ now they know if they are , but other people may not know , they know and the lord knows , I know if I belong to him and he knows if I belong to him other people may not , I can put on the act , I can look as though I 'm playing the part , I can go through the routine , I can , I can , I can fool every body , but he knows and I know , and he knows and you know and so Jesus said not every body who says lord , lord on that day will I acknowledge and recognize and so for Ruth and Nao er yes Ruth and Auper it was gon na be different of course for them as foreigners in Judah especially when Naomi goes and she pleads with them go back home , Judah is not place for Moabias , she knew what it had been like to be a foreigner , she knew what it had been like to be an alien land in an alien culture in a different religion with a different language she had known the bitterness of it all , she pleads with them go back home she prayers for them the lord bless you , the lord you know be gracious to you and so on , but they refused and again Naomi puts it to them , to please go back and Auper reconsiders and she takes the counsel and advice of her mother in law but no so Ruth and Naomi turns and says look your sister in law 's gone back , she 's gone home , you go as well , you ca n't do it , its a too greater price for you to pay , its a choice you must n't make , a decision you must n't make , your gon na have poverty , your gon na have loneliness , your gon na have hardship . |
| 3 | Some have done better than others , but there 's just the physical reality of how long it takes the lower two strings to speak — it 's going to take a few milliseconds for that to happen . |
| 4 | ACE Communications Ltd has come up with Spidernet ( a name that may cause a few concerns for the Edinburgh-based Spider Systems Ltd ) a hub that supports both Token Ring and direct-attached coaxial and twinaxial connections . |
| 5 | The Americans and British , intent on not getting stuck in the town , wandered in and out talking of electricity and sanitation , then said they would send a few soldiers for a short time . |
| 6 | Some hairdressers charge extra for this but it 's well worth paying a few pounds for . |
| 7 | If you are short of money , you might get a few pounds for one , but if not , keep them till I return to see you — and our child . ’ |
| 8 | The son of Caerleon is a progressive type , apparently certain to come of a few pounds for that introduction , and should be good enough to take the Queen 's Own Yorkshire Dragoons Stakes . |
| 9 | I just want to spread a few good words and hopefully raise a few pounds for the three groups that I am involved with , ’ says Rosemary . |
| 10 | Although many of the early worries were unfounded , there were a few surprises for the host families . |
| 11 | ‘ They 're currently assisting with an inquiry that 's been giving the police quite a few headaches for the last few months . ’ |
| 12 | Soon she realised that he was singing her praises to his friends , because other similar garden owners rang her up and asked her if she could do a few hours for them too . |
| 13 | Volunteers usually act as ‘ sitters ’ caring for a client while the rest of the family is away , perhaps for a few hours for a weekly shopping trip . |
| 14 | So why not spare just a few hours for Amnesty International ? |
| 15 | The Chinese do n't like their planes to fly unless the weather is absolutely O.K. So we had to wait for a few hours for the plane to arrive from Shanghai . |
| 16 | In short the pictures in an art museum have been closely monitored , often through decades and in a few cases for centuries , so full descriptions that appear in the catalogues have a thorough-paced authority . |
| 17 | No , we 've got them sort of standing up on , on the top of our book shelf I suppose I could make a few lanterns for in here for Christmas . |
| 18 | One evening , David , Barry , Christina and John Hutchinson were all sitting in my front room and talking about what we could actually do to earn some money It was suggested that we might go down to one of the local pubs which held regular jazz nights , to see if they had an evening free and perhaps we could run a folk club just one evening a week and maybe charge people to come in and make a few pennies for ourselves . |
| 19 | This is what I 'll do — an injection to take away the pain and reduce the bruising and a few tablets for you to give today and tomorrow . |
| 20 | But it is possible to make a few predictions for 1990 . |
| 21 | They have quite a few biscuits for snacks although that 's probably just as bad as eating sweets — even the reduced-sugar teething rusks I give Jake taste quite sweet . |
| 22 | ‘ When I 've played a few games for Lazio , when I 'm ready and the boss says I am fit to return , I will bring the whole family to Wembley to watch me again . |
| 23 | ‘ It might take a few games for Martin to settle into the side but he is a good team man and strong defensively . |
| 24 | Now , you 've run a few errands for me since then , without enquiring too closely about their nature . |
| 25 | ‘ A few reports for the local news . |
| 26 | On this leg of the patrol it was mostly long steams southward with a few breaks for routine rummage , and we saw little in the way of oil related activity . |
| 27 | Vacancies still exist for tenors and basses in particular and also there are a few spaces for contraltos . |
| 28 | Here are a few hints for speech-making of any kind . |
| 29 | Quite a few cans of Coke and things like that , quite a few cans for relieving yourself ! |
| 30 | One three-month-old baby managed to talk its parents into sending Santa a letter asking for some clothes and a few bits for the cot . |