Example sentences of "[vb past] about [pron] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he left school , he forgot entirely about the whole business , forgot about it for a couple of decades , forgot until this thin , tired fellow , looking so very much like his old school chaplain , came and hovered in the drive , the epitome , it seemed to Patrick , of the doubting kind of modern Anglican clergyman . |
| 2 | Schellenberg brooded about it for a moment . |
| 3 | ‘ Yeah , I was covering them today and — ’ he thought about it for a second — ‘ twice last week . ’ |
| 4 | They thought about it for a while . |
| 5 | I thought about it for a while and then telephoned him to say that I could suggest a pretty easy solution , and indicated to him what it was . |
| 6 | Lydia thought about it for a while , before she spoke . |
| 7 | I thought about it for a moment . |
| 8 | I thought about it for a moment . |