Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] for [adv] [subord] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ascent was arduous and prolonged , twisting and turning upwards for more than twelve kilometres to the pass , almost a thousand metres high . |
| 2 | Taxis have been parking here for more than thirty years . |
| 3 | If you are going abroad for less than three months , you can cash all your pension orders when you come home . |
| 4 | which had been occupied by soldiers , this was our first hut , well by then I was working for the Corporation and of course by virtue of my job with the chief architect I got this house and we were offered this house about two years later for two thousand pounds and we said oh we would n't be staying here for more than ten years in any case and we would n't be bothered to buy it , but then my husband started in business you see soon after he came back and we eventually got the shop and , of course it 's very convenient because we 're only a stone 's throw from the shop you see , so we stayed here |
| 5 | The rain had been falling now for more than four hours . |
| 6 | But did you know the sharp-suited musician from New Orleans has already been tinkling away for more than 22 years ! |
| 7 | But did you know the sharp-suited musician from New Orleans has already been tinkling away for more than 22 years ! |