Example sentences of "for [adv] a few [noun] " 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 | I 've been off for three or four time before for long a few years and |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 ! |
| 6 | When the tide springs up the shore the furthest , it also recedes the furthest — uncovering pools which may be accessible by foot for only a few hours each year . |
| 7 | By contrast , some of the smallest features seen have lasted for only a few hours . |
| 8 | Officers expect to strike for only a few hours , and Association leaders will meet later this week to finalise the details . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Like Trevor , when the other person 's tension breaks and the anger bursts , do you feel any satisfaction or relief within yourself , even for only a few moments ? |
| 11 | As their striding Emperor quivered with the unleashing of its weaponry , Biff sat impotently for only a few moments . |
| 12 | Although I had seen you , Frankenstein , for only a few moments , I knew that I belonged to you . |
| 13 | That lasted for only a few moments ; it was a perfect death . |
| 14 | Detailed experimental analyses of wing-movements during flight are available for only a few species and probably differ in different insects ( Weis-Fogh , 1956a , 1956b ; Jensen , 1956 ; Jensen and Weis-Fogh , 1962 ; Nachtigall , 1966 ; Neville , 1960 ; Vogel , 1966–67 ) . |
| 15 | These played for only a few minutes at a time . |
| 16 | The Doctor had watched the fight , without interest , for only a few minutes before setting off once again into the surrounding forest of knotted shapes . |
| 17 | Quick action is vital , since anyone who stops breathing can usually live for only a few minutes without help . |
| 18 | I had been walking for only a few minutes when I was surprised to see Miss Stapleton sitting on a rock ahead of me . |
| 19 | He was inside for only a few minutes and emerged very badly shaken . |
| 20 | Also in New Guinea are sympatric birds of paradise apparently dealing with fruit in a similar way , staying in the trees for only a few minutes , perhaps through fear of predators . |
| 21 | She could tell he was relieved to be let off the hook if even for only a few minutes , despite his words as they 'd come downstairs . |
| 22 | The car had been parked outside their home for only a few minutes before neighbours saw it being driven off by teenage youths . |
| 23 | But he meant this to come for only a few days , not for an indefinite stay . |
| 24 | Having used version 5.5 for only a few days I could never go back . |
| 25 | You 've known him for only a few days , so that 's impossible . |
| 26 | The Maréchal de Cadenet , a French ambassador on a special mission who stayed in London for only a few days in 1621 , was given by James I jewellery said to be worth £2,500 , while the duke of Buckingham , the king 's favourite , presented him with ponies and four albino falcons , the latter much prized by huntsmen . |
| 27 | This feature allows the virus to persist in the environment even though its host , the insect larva , may be present for only a few weeks during the year . |
| 28 | He knew that she had not enjoyed his homecoming or the renewal of a sexual life ; throughout their married life he had been at home for only a few weeks at a time , and she had been free to make her life as she chose . |
| 29 | They had been married for only a few weeks before he had been hacked down by a sabre . |
| 30 | If a dealer has worked in the business for only a few weeks , the client has no way of telling whether he is senior or not , and some licensed dealers have taken advantage of this . |