Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] [adj] for [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seemed that I was asleep for just a few minutes when I was awakened by some noisy bastard shouting into the trench . |
| 2 | I was awake for just a little while and I could tell — ’ |
| 3 | I was bad for over a week with my neck ! |
| 4 | I was bad for about a week . |
| 5 | The NCC survey found that external hacking posed much less of a threat to systems than malicious acts by staff or ex-staff , who were responsible for almost a third of all logical security failures and breaches . |
| 6 | But , dear Christ , they could hardly talk : Paddy with his bashed-in nose , the look of a hog and a missing leg ; and the woman — his wife ? — she was lucky for even a guy like him . |
| 7 | She was silent for quite a long time . |
| 8 | Before everything else , it was essential for both the Emperor and the nation that an Empress be found who could provide an heir . |
| 9 | As it was , it was impossible for even the most servile and well-meaning to avoid offence . |
| 10 | Some rich men took utterly destitute people into their houses , where they performed menial services , and it was usual for even the moderately well-off to invite poor men and strangers off the street to eat meals at home . |
| 11 | I mean he was married for quite a long time to her apparently . |
| 12 | He preferred the furtherance of his own prestige over the needs of his kingdom — especially England , from where he was absent for almost the entire period of his kingship . |
| 13 | He was alone for just a few minutes and I made my offer . |
| 14 | ‘ He was ill for about a week . |