Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] for a few [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Asking the candidate to wait on for a few minutes . |
| 2 | On the return , you can stay on for a few nights in Copenhagen for just £39 per person per night . |
| 3 | Yes , I think I shall stay on for a few days here . ’ |
| 4 | Only got in for a few minutes as half the church was there . |
| 5 | The membranes of course contain both the proteins and the enzyme that phosphorylates them , protein kinase C. If radioactive ATP is added to a tiny sample of the membranes , and incubated together for a few seconds in a miniature test-tube , the membrane proteins become both phosphorylated and radioactive . |
| 6 | Before the members of the cast separated to check out of their lodgings on that last night of the provincial tour before moving in for a run at a West End theatre they got together for a few drinks on stage . |
| 7 | Turn into a lightly floured board and knead gently for a few minutes . |
| 8 | Indeed , after our second stop in Bombay a few passengers gratefully chose the option of being one-armed , one-legged , one-eyed , two-headed beggars rather than having to return to their seatettes and fly somewhere for a few months with their hands on their heads . |
| 9 | Take this tiny sample : Leopold Bloom , the Dublin Jew , with his touching mixture of timorousness and courage , has looked in for a few moments at a church as a Mass is ending . |
| 10 | 5 Return the turkey or chicken pieces to the pan and cook gently for a few minutes . |
| 11 | " Ask Dr. Lorrimer to come down for a few minutes , will you please ? " |
| 12 | I ask him to come down for a few days and I also invite Lady De Marr . |
| 13 | Poured on to the plane , alone , Burton was humped for thirteen hours across the Atlantic , assuaged by alcohol ; stopped over for a few drinks in New York and then taken on an eleven-hour trip to Los Angeles which was made tolerable by more alcohol . |
| 14 | I was expecting you , of course , but I must have dropped off for a few minutes . ’ |
| 15 | Add the bacon and venison and cook quickly for a few minutes , stirring frequently , to seal the meat . |
| 16 | ZOOLOGIST Terry Walton stopped off for a few days in India in 1967 . |
| 17 | In Britain , those from the late Fifties and Sixties fetch about Pounds 1 , while pre-war badges can usually be picked up for a few pounds . |
| 18 | I wonder if you 'd care to wander up for a few minutes and we could perhaps move this matter of Gray on a bit ? |
| 19 | He was wondering how he was going to slip out for a few hours without alerting his mother . |
| 20 | He called a sudden halt to his crowded agenda at lunchtime and crashed out for a few hours in the adjacent chamber , throwing the timetable into disarray . |
| 21 | I got on before I could change my mind and we bounced around for a few minutes . |
| 22 | More often than not you have to work hard for a few fish . |
| 23 | Dexter had seethed silently for a few weeks and mentioned his anger to a priest during confession . |
| 24 | Still able to feel the firm sand beneath her feet , she swam quietly for a few minutes , before turning over on to her back . |
| 25 | This planning diary should show , for example , weeks in which certain lecture courses begin or in which certain work assignments are due for presentation ; weeks in which there are social or sporting events ; weeks in which you are free to take a break or to go away for a few days . |
| 26 | It could be that the couple simply decided to go away for a few days , but those who know Mrs Allsopp say it 's unlikely she would have left without telling anyone . |
| 27 | I 've only met kennel cough once and that was last year , when a dog belonging to a friend caught it after having been boarded out when she had to go away for a few weeks . |
| 28 | The controls , which laid down a minimum deposit for certain goods , restricted the amount of the finance charge which could be made and prohibited finance charges altogether for others , lingered on for a few years afterwards as part of what was still more or less a strictly managed war-time economy . |
| 29 | Maybe I should have hung on for a few days in there getting to grips with Alf Bundy 's ailments . |
| 30 | He drove on for a few minutes , the headlights cleaving a way through the darkness . |