Example sentences of "[pers pn] for [adv] ten " in BNC.
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| 1 | yesterday right in the park and he hugged me for about ten years . |
| 2 | She talked with him for nearly ten minutes , and as the officers drew her away , Walford snatched her hand and kissed it , ‘ some tears for the first time rolling down his cheeks ’ . |
| 3 | That bastard Harley dumped me after I 'd looked after him for nearly ten years . |
| 4 | Oh yes , he ditched Graham who 's looked after him for over ten years through thick and thin , and mainly thin , in favour of Mike Martinez . ’ |
| 5 | She was almost the same age as Julius , and had been with him for over ten years . |
| 6 | But th that 's actually they followed him for about ten miles . |
| 7 | And we and then we had been working for him for about ten or eleven years on this contract that he had for us . |
| 8 | I see her for about ten minutes a week . |
| 9 | We have n't seen her for about ten , twelve years and er |
| 10 | If you practise it for just ten minutes each day , you will soon begin to notice the difference : |
| 11 | ‘ I considered it for perhaps ten seconds . ’ |
| 12 | We were doubtful as to whether Owen would lie still long enough for a back massage , but he surprised us by putting up with it for about ten minutes . |
| 13 | Watched it for about ten minutes never laughed once ! |
| 14 | He put it on and walked round with it for about ten minutes before we had the nerve to say anything to him . |
| 15 | Wally , Wally I 'm sorry to interrupt you , colleagues , you 're starting to babble a bit , I know you all want to get to the European Fair and the wine and the cheese and all that sort of thing just bear with us for about ten minutes . |