Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [adv prt] for [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Take this tiny sample : Leopold Bloom , the Dublin Jew , with his touching mixture of timorousness and courage , has looked in for a few moments at a church as a Mass is ending . |
| 2 | Bob did not retire immediately as he has worked on for a few months to introduced new salesmen to their areas . |
| 3 | I was expecting you , of course , but I must have dropped off for a few minutes . ’ |
| 4 | Maybe I should have hung on for a few days in there getting to grips with Alf Bundy 's ailments . |
| 5 | After the fish had settled in for a few days , one that I had thought to be a male showed signs of filling eggs , and developed a bright yellow patch on her belly . |