Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] it for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This had covered the blotter so that he had really only seen it for a short time . |
| 2 | Clutterbuck ceased to work the mill during the latter half of the 1840s , for by 1847 it had been leased to a paper-maker , Frederick Wiggins , who apparently only operated it for a few years . |
| 3 | Geoff Butterwick , public transport manager for Suffolk County Council , said : ‘ We 've only had it for a few weeks but it 's already proving useful and I 'm sure it will make life a lot easier . |
| 4 | I only brought that one down because we have n't seen it for a long time , just choose one |
| 5 | Her voice sounded rusty , as if she had n't used it for a long time . |
| 6 | He used to have a bottle of whisky a week but he do n't have any now he ai n't had it for a long time has he ? |
| 7 | Instead , uncharacteristically , he went and signed up with the Maharishi , paid out £146 , and has never regretted it for a single minute , although in fairness it has to be said that his wife has . |