Example sentences of "only last a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These are superimposed on the main curve , and only last a few decades , but can have deviations on the radiocarbon axis of a century or so ( fig. 7.5 ) . |
| 2 | Some only last a few minutes . |
| 3 | Very large numbers of blood cells are required — human red blood cells only last a few months — and there are few stem cells , so an enormous amplification is required . |
| 4 | The 34-year-old star of Bonfire Of The Vanities has had the implants — which only last a few months — twice before . |
| 5 | The exclusion only lasted a few minutes , but it seemed a lifetime to her . |
| 6 | ‘ Each time a memo was fired off and the problem was solved , but it only lasted a few days and they were using the extinguishers again , ’ he said . |
| 7 | ‘ The marriage only lasted a few weeks , but he and Carol remained friends . |
| 8 | The government said that fuel supplies would only last a few weeks , but that meat and butter would run out within days . |