Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] for [adv] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Taking the initiative , I led the way , following three skiers who looked as if they knew where they were going — they did n't , and we found ourselves poling for quite a long way before a unanimous decision to have an early lunch was taken . |
| 2 | I slept for only a short time each night , and I did not eat much food . |
| 3 | I waited for quite a long time . |
| 4 | I understand perfectly well why that should be so , as the hon. Member for Blackburn ( Mr. Straw ) made clear in the Second Reading debate his support for the higher education reforms , which account for quite a large part of the bulk of the latter part of the Bill . |
| 5 | It is early days yet and the first division contains only nine teams ( next season the number will be upped to 11 ) which accounts for only a small percentage of Ireland 's playing strength . |
| 6 | We walked for quite a long time and covered a good deal of ground . |
| 7 | Right , now if we look on , erm we come to Regional Action Networks , another reason why Amnesty seems not to allocate more than one prisoner and all now is that they have expanded the ways in which we deal with prisoners and the world is more or less been divided up into areas , erm , of smaller regions and groups are asked to choose one or two regions to deal with particularly and we , we have for quite a long time now erm been concerned with Southern Africa and Central America and we get information through on prisoners and what 's happening in those two regions , so John do you have anything else on Africa at all ? |
| 8 | Having completed the steeplechase , I let the horse canter along for about half a kilometre , then I allow him to walk for nearly a whole kilometre , bearing in mind , you will most likely have to ‘ make up time ’ later on . |
| 9 | Although the Orcs and Goblins were beaten they accounted for only a small part of Skarsnik 's horde . |
| 10 | It survived for quite a long time , until the accumulating ash had built up to such a thickness that its chain would no longer allow it to keep above the ash , and it died , its dreadful last moments clearly visible in its taut body , arched back and straining neck . |