Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] for [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The company came in for quite a bit of stick with their new version of the Escort and if the Mondeo had not been well received they could have been in real trouble . |
| 2 | A major Cabinet dispute rumbled on for nearly a year . |
| 3 | The longer you leave it the more likely you are to profit from the upward trend in equities established now for nearly a century . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , the negotiations between the three publishers jostling for position went on for over a year without reaching a conclusion : ‘ It was very difficult to find common ground and make sure that everyone had their fair share . ’ |
| 5 | The power struggle went on for about a minute , then the Archon sat down . |
| 6 | I think it was probably a ring , that sort of like went on for about a minute or so , |
| 7 | The Factor named a price , Antinou countered and so it went on for quite a while . |
| 8 | This went on for quite a while before it spoke again . |
| 9 | But this was this big case was on you know , and it went on A big lawsuit it went on for quite a while . |
| 10 | oh I 've had a bit of a day or erm ooh , whatever it is , and erm I said to myself I am making allowances for being tired and getting , getting on a bit , you know , and that went on for quite a while actually until I said to myself I 'm making up allowances you know , I 'm |
| 11 | Those who did receive schooling did so for perhaps a year or two , often much less , at some point in their childhood , with hardly any attending school beyond the age of ten or eleven . |
| 12 | What Dr Addison has appropriately described as the ‘ Attlee consensus ’ had arrived , and prevailed thereafter for almost a generation . |
| 13 | He sat there for quite a while , grinning at her , then looking away , then looking back and grinning at her again . |
| 14 | They stood there for perhaps a minute , wondering what to do . |