Example sentences of "[pron] for [prep] [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Nobody has seen hide nor hair of you for at least a month , ’ he was saying . |
| 2 | Unless you can arrange for someone to come and stay with you for at least a month after your operation , you will not be able to cope . |
| 3 | Dougal had not been listening to her for at least a minute . |
| 4 | I have hardly thought of her for at least a week ; I am free of the little stabs of pain and the scudding dark clouds which had a habit of appearing from nowhere , uninvited and unexpected . |
| 5 | So the staff reps will have it for at least a fortnight . |
| 6 | Now , no more than three of these in a day , and you must stay on it for at least a month . |
| 7 | ‘ I did n't expect to hear anything for at least a week , but the next day she rang with the words and melody all worked out — and she had sat a school exam the same day . ’ |