Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] [prep] [pers pn] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had photographs of Anne , naturally , and I 'd stared at them for a whole year , but they were n't very good . |
| 2 | I think that often people did n't realise how tired and desperate they were until they 'd sat with her for a while . |
| 3 | She suffered so much when he did casuals that he 'd lied about it for a long time . |
| 4 | I 'd lived with them for a while . |
| 5 | But that was only because I 'd lived in it for a long time and I got a discount so the house was really |
| 6 | The lead fisherman wore shades ( ever see fish wearing glasses ? ) for the bluesy number and got rid of them for a rappy tune ( thank God ! ) . |
| 7 | And when he 'd finished , Ted had stared at him for a moment in open disbelief . |
| 8 | Dierdriu had looked at her for a long moment . |
| 9 | She had looked at him for a long time , at first solemnly and then with mounting anger . |
| 10 | Iskandara had felt behind her for a chair back and now stood gripping it , her free hand clenched about the head of her stick . |
| 11 | On the latter 's arrival , they had talked to him for a while and then he had gone off with them . |
| 12 | ‘ To the lighthouse ’ had been our motto , and there we went , leading George , while the others made up a fire and roasted whole the lamb they had brought with them for a picnic luncheon . |