Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [verb] [pron] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | He obviously still took us for a couple holidaying together , and his embarrassment at intruding took the form of ignoring my presence . |
| 3 | Better still change it for a modern one : we 're to replace all open flued water heaters , and because of this , British Gas are giving terrific trade-in allowances , so check them out ! |
| 4 | With an effort she walked across the room to Jerry , who had so often asked her for a date and who , given any encouragement , would have been a frequent visitor to Blue Ash Farm . |
| 5 | He had n't concentrated on one thing for years now as he had when he 'd started collecting stamps at the age of nine , so careful , so worried , so never leaving anything for a minute that could be done straight away by him . |
| 6 | This had covered the blotter so that he had really only seen it for a short time . |
| 7 | Although he had only caught a glimpse of her blonde head above the milling crowds on the platform , he had n't even briefly mistaken her for a German or Scandinavian . |