Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb -s] [adv] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She lies there for a long time , not saying nothing . |
| 2 | Then she reaches nervously for a hand-rolled fag . |
| 3 | It goes straight for a few yards and then bends round the corner into blackness . |
| 4 | If I cough or something it goes quite for a little while then comes back again . |
| 5 | For this reason , it jars oddly for an English ear to hear words like ‘ soul ’ , ‘ destiny ’ and ‘ national psyche ’ being the common currency of political discourse in Germany . |
| 6 | Like the other Acorus species described so far , it grows only for a few months in the aquarium . |
| 7 | It calls instead for a negotiated settlement based on two principles . |