Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [pers pn] for [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sheep would not safely graze nor would spring lambs nor calves ; the average farmer could hardly be expected to stock them for old times ' sake . |
| 2 | ‘ I do n't mind admitting I 've been wanting to meet you for some time . ’ |
| 3 | He had threatened to do it for some time , but only Hank had taken him seriously and tried to dissuade him . |
| 4 | ‘ I have been waiting to pick him for some time but our form was not good and it was not easy on Dion living in hotels . |
| 5 | And not only that , I 'll tell you what I 've longed to tell you for some time , that I think you 're a fool for not having responded to it , for not having done something about it before now . |
| 6 | I have a suspicion I 've wanted to do it for some time . ’ |
| 7 | When you said you had been ‘ meaning to ask me for some time ’ , did you mean over the five and a half lonely years to date of my grass widowhood or merely since I 've had no car and no earnings ? |