Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] [prep] [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 She walked over to the rail and leant her forearms on it as she stared across the river , and drew in a shuddery little breath , hating the fact that Luke could make her so aware of him with just a look .
2 Moyer spoke in support of it for almost an hour .
3 I think the first minute and a half will stay with me for quite a while .
4 ‘ At the first sign of the housing collapse , we brought in Coopers & Lybrand and worked with them for about a year .
5 Francesca sounded rattled and hostile , and McLeish gazed at the wall , wondering if he had really been in love with her for over a year .
6 I was with her for about an hour .
7 Stewart stayed with him for about an hour and a half and Lamb hung around for a while , but Smith was his main ally and , as the day ebbed away , it seemed as though only the new ball stood between England and a draw .
8 Half a dozen wild rabbits were all the stock I observed upon them with scarcely a blade or leaf of herbage to keep even these alive ; doubtless through the folly or madness of the first occupiers ( after appropriation ) in converting them to arable farms instead of sheep walks and rabbit warrens ’ .
9 After instruction in the regulations of the ‘ prison ’ the volunteers were placed in it for nearly a week , and their reactions and behaviour observed .
10 When one day I tidied up and cleared out this cupboard , I realised that I had ignored everything in it for over a year .
11 But there were men in it for quite a while , I was wondering when that kind of faded out .
12 People wanted to be the next model to sit and she 'd chat to them for about an hour and draw , and they 'd get a picture at the end of the session , just like you get in the street . ’
13 I did n't go to my father 's funeral and Mum did n't speak to me for about a year .
14 Many girls spoke to me of how a fear of being raped or ‘ hassled ’ affected the way they dressed and how they felt about their looks and bodies .
15 He took time out to talk to me about how an organisation with a celebrated history was coping with the challenges of the modern motoring world .
16 You know perfectly well our enforced intimacy was a great strain on me after only a day or so . ’
17 ‘ She 'd been working on them for quite a while .
18 Dave Berrow , who has had committments to his Browing Starlets side which has cost him the chance to fish some possible points earning events , admits that the draw bag has n't been kind to him for quite a while .
19 Unfortunately , I wrote to him in rather a hurry , and did n't take copies of the notes I sent him .
20 goes to her for quite a while and she was saying , Oh I do n't think Shavina likes me .
21 She felt as if she had been woken from a deep sleep and was conscious of pulling her mind back , painfully , as if it had been a kite out there , held to her by only a string .
22 He must , for had n't she let him make love to her after just a handful of meetings , when they hardly knew each other ?
23 but this diet is the one that Shelly , she lost quite a lot and Jill went on it for quite a while
24 Mayli stared at him for just a second , then realised that the waiter would have given the alarm by now .
25 Michael had a nice fiddle going , and he 's been at it for over a year now .
26 He was at it for quite a while .
27 I lose count of the lengths ; she 's at it for almost an hour , with her mind as empty as she can make it .
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