Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [adv] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was there for a long time , but I ca n't remember anyone visiting me . |
| 2 | So a week later I moved in , and I was there for a year-and-a-half . |
| 3 | But she was here for a little while now , and would be coming back in mid-April to get Luxembourg on . |
| 4 | ‘ That was the only time we kept something from her and even then it was only for a short time , ’ says Mike . |
| 5 | But … but , as Mama said , as long as we kept it clean and it was only for a short time … |
| 6 | Not going to school , and having to pretend I did n't live on the island all the time , has meant that I did n't grow up with anybody of my own age ( except Eric , of course , but even he was away for a long time ) , and about the time I was thinking of venturing further afield and getting to know more people Eric went crazy , and things got a bit uncomfortable in the town for a while . |