Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [det] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sorry for the long letter , but I 've been itching to write this for a long time . |
| 2 | Okay you wo n't need to know that for a long time yet anyway will you . |
| 3 | He seemed to consider that for a few seconds and then replied , ‘ Maria Luisa needed me around . ’ |
| 4 | I 've been wanting to say this for a long time . ’ |
| 5 | I would like to see that for a disabled applicant , but nevertheless , for a registered disabled applicant , and we can make special provision for the training of er , under represented groups . |
| 6 | ‘ It shows that the public is beginning to realise that for a few pounds spent on car security they can protect their second most expensive purchase , ’ he said . |
| 7 | ‘ It shows that the public is beginning to realise that for a few pounds spent on car security they can protect their second most expensive purchase . ’ |
| 8 | No-one , for example , could be found to bid enough for a rare walnut cabinet , its nine drawers covered with sculpted bone and ivory plates and plaques decorated with polychrome enamel plates , bought in at FFr 160,000 . |
| 9 | There are often , among the competitors , girls from Eastern Bloc or otherwise under-privileged countries who have been brought up to believe that a monumental talent requires total dedication , who have been told that great minds do not fuss about small externals , who have been led to suppose that for a great genius to be a plain Jane is only appropriate . |
| 10 | And … and I 've known that for a long time . ’ |
| 11 | Yes , I 've known that for a long time . |
| 12 | " I know , " Patrick said defiantly , realizing what she was trying to do , " I 've known that for a long time . " |
| 13 | " I have advocated this for a long time " , he declared , " and now I see that some of the shipowners are inclined to agree to it . |
| 14 | I 've been meaning to say this for a long time , ’ said Susan , with an assumption of severity which moved her sister to ribald mirth . |