Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] [adv] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I hope to stay here for a long time . ’ |
| 2 | They 've gone away for a few days . |
| 3 | College lecturers have voted overwhelmingly for a one-day strike and a total ban on flexible working over pay , the National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education announced yesterday . |
| 4 | More often than not you have to work hard for a few fish . |
| 5 | We are urgently searching for a set — I 've been informed that some surviving sets are twisted — and if it means that we have to look abroad for a new set in Poland than so be it ! |
| 6 | Plans have gone ahead for a regulatory body for the direct sales channel . |
| 7 | Well I think we have to stop there for a little while because it 's nine o'clock , and I 've just got erm a few more pictures to show you later on so if we have a short break now , I think the coffee ladies are ready . |
| 8 | that the parties have lived apart for a continuous period of at least two years immediately preceding the presentation of the petition , and the respondent consents to a decree being granted ; or |
| 9 | that the parties have lived apart for a continuous period of at least five years immediately preceding the presentation of the petition . |
| 10 | That the parties have lived apart for a continuous period of at least two years immediately preceding the presentation of the petition and that the respondent agrees to a decree being granted . |
| 11 | I mean there , there are a lot of people , of people in who have lived here for a long time , and lived here ever since they were born . |
| 12 | The ambassador reported that " The Emperor is monitoring the serious political illness which has gripped all countries , and believes his empire very far from being immune from infection " ; Nicholas was now of the opinion that " Highly reprehensible principles have been disseminated among young people who completed their university courses around three years ago , among people who have lived abroad for a long time , and also among teachers , professors , writers and journalists . |
| 13 | they made the area around the reactor a non living area , the problem is of course people that have lived there for a long time do n't want to move and so over |