Example sentences of "for [adv] a few [noun] [adv] " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 ! |
| 4 | I had been walking for only a few minutes when I was surprised to see Miss Stapleton sitting on a rock ahead of me . |
| 5 | She put her hands against her face , thinking , ‘ I shall stand this for only a few seconds more , then I shall leave . ’ |
| 6 | It seemed that I was asleep for just a few minutes when I was awakened by some noisy bastard shouting into the trench . |
| 7 | For just a few minutes out there I was holding a real live flesh-and-blood woman in my arms . ’ |
| 8 | Had its fabric endured with its frescoes undamaged for just a few centuries longer , it might well have been ranked as one of the world 's Seven Wonders . |
| 9 | Hayes Machine Knitting Club has been running for quite a few years now and welcomes new members . |
| 10 | Right erm now that 's understandable er even , even members who get stuff posted directly such as , you know , we 've had a direct mailing system for quite a few years now , when you meet them you say what about I do n't know what you 're talking about ? |
| 11 | I 've been a carer for quite a few years now , until recently , when my grandmother died . |
| 12 | I mean to our children , although they 've been away from Butchwana for quite a few years now it 's still home |
| 13 | I think I 've sat is those auditorium seats in the same format for quite a few years now . |
| 14 | I got the impression that Uncle Phil lived with Meli for quite a few years in in Brighton for a couple of years before she died . |