Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [adv] for [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I sit there for quite a bit , hunched up on the pavement . |
| 2 | I stay there for quite a bit , looking round and that , till it gets light . |
| 3 | I stay there for quite a while , until I get real good and warm . |
| 4 | They had n't let him go home for nearly a week ; there was no way he could have coped with his freedom or his family . |
| 5 | They fall into some categories do n't they , like the lazy slob , who never does anything , never washes a dish or ne never helps at all around the house , so even though they stay there for about a week . |
| 6 | They stood there for perhaps a minute , wondering what to do . |
| 7 | It worked regularly for over a hundred and fifty years , its machinery driven by an undershot wheel which remains . |
| 8 | He sat there for quite a while , grinning at her , then looking away , then looking back and grinning at her again . |