Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] [verb] for [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the mid-1980s , I was addicted for nearly a year to ‘ free-basing ’ cocaine , which is no different in any way from what is now called crack . |
| 2 | Nor did they make any serious efforts to derive income from a huge fixed asset , which was used for only a few hours a week . |
| 3 | We was dabbling for about a year then … . |
| 4 | Something had happened to them — they were charged for just a while into being better than they were . |
| 5 | they were going for about a hundred thousand . |
| 6 | Doubt it cos it was convalescing for quite a while . |
| 7 | He was killed for just a small amount of money . |
| 8 | No no no it 's a well taken goal and and that 's that 's what he was looking for just a little touch on . |
| 9 | Back here , his chance at Edgbaston , where last season he was selected for only a couple of first-class fixtures , came because Dermot Reeve was injured . |