Example sentences of "[vb pp] for [adv] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 ! |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | But most MEPs say the parliament should be in Brussels where they have their offices , and have signed a lease-buy deal on a £171 million debating chamber in Brussels which involves a legal obligation of annual rent of £16.7 million and will now be used for just a few hours each year . |
| 5 | As the appliances will be used for quite a few years , perhaps under changing circumstances as couples have children , it 's important to look ahead and not just buy the cheapest model to save a few pounds . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | It was after ten o'clock , and he would be quite right to disapprove , if it were n't for the fact that , in spite of appearances , she had slept for only a few hours last night . |
| 8 | To coincide with the Year of the Maze , Chatsworth 's famous yew labyrinth is being opened for just a few days during the year , the next openings being on August 18 and September 15 . |
| 9 | These played for only a few minutes at a time . |
| 10 | Jenna knew she would feel trapped — she had known for quite a few days — but she was not about to tell Alain Lemarchand that , and she was just gathering her thoughts to answer when Marguerite called from the hall . |
| 11 | We had run for only a few hundred yards . |
| 12 | Although the scheme was run for only a few weeks , more than 1,000 pairs of spectacles were collected from BNFL sites . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The Russian Federation is a new state , which has existed for only a few months . |
| 15 | By contrast , some of the smallest features seen have lasted for only a few hours . |
| 16 | But whereas they had been held for just a few years by his grandfather and father , they were in royal hands for thirty-one of the last forty years of Edward III 's reign , from 1337 to 1360 and then from 1369 onwards to the end of the century . |
| 17 | It was good to be able to demonstrate that I did know something about handling animals even though I had been qualified for only a few months . |