Example sentences of "only [verb] [adv prt] for a " in BNC.

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1 Oh you only got up for a coffee ?
2 Only got in for a few minutes as half the church was there .
3 The drawback is that your expert driver from the London Limousine Company ( SE1 ) only turns up for a minimum of eight hours — a standard feature of chauffeur hire .
4 She did that for half an hour and he only came round for a short time .
5 I only dropped off for a second . ’
6 But Peter Hickton was only slowed down for a moment .
7 Ah sure he 's only staying out for a while till he gets married and that .
8 We 've already seen how carefully planned customer flow can encourage the shopper to leave with a loaded basket when she had only popped in for a loaf of bread or a pint of milk .
9 I 've only popped in for a few minutes .
10 " I 've only popped down for a cup of tea . "
11 She was ready now for the sight of the chair , the pipe , the feeling that her father had only popped out for a minute and would be back before she could leave .
12 After all , I had only come back for a day or two to buy some good German clothes .
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