Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] [verb] for [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was an immediate countermove , however , by a group of deputies representing Estonia 's large Russian minority , who announced the establishment of a committee " for the defence of Soviet power " which would work for either a restructured Soviet federation or else for the creation of a new " state territorial formation " for Estonia 's Russians ( i.e. separating from Estonia those areas of the republic with a majority Russian population ) . |
| 2 | So you could say for exactly a hundred years we 've had a basic law designed to give us rights every time we go shopping . |
| 3 | From here we could see for quite a distance , but there was no sign of the hunt , nor any sound . |
| 4 | The message that one can gain for just a few pence , by smoking , something that a Liz Taylor or a Julia Roberts with all their millions have can be seductive — and it is being deliberately promoted . |
| 5 | They should go they should go for quite a number of years . |
| 6 | They 'll only be there for about twenty four hours , they 'll go for about a week but they 're spending most of it with er , Deborah down at erm , Bambury |
| 7 | So anyway , that was it , you had to go to your branch and complain , make your protest in writing , see , and the branch secretary would reply to your letter okay , And they 'd ask for maybe a few more details about the complaint . |
| 8 | That was all he could say for quite a time ; but when he had recovered his confidence he said a lot more , all of it expressing gratitude to Sheila for her quick thinking and great pluck and shame for his own and Chuck 's roughness with her earlier . |