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Example sentences of "and [pers pn] [verb] [adv] for a " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	She went back into the house and I waited outside for a while enjoying the cool breeze .
2	And when I come here and I lived here for a few year and then really saw what it was like , I thought , God , never again .
3	And I went there for a little bit , and then we moved on , moved off from there , do you see ?
4	The gear had held and I hung there for a moment , taking stock .
5	I hated being on social security and I tried everywhere for a job .
6	He relaxed with a happy grunt , and we lay peacefully for a bit longer .
7	We walked from Little Thomham to Steams of Shimpling ; and we walked there for a week .
8	Yeah , and we lived there for a long time did n't you , you stayed in that house for a long , long time
9	He struck out at them and soared upwards and they fell away for a time .
10	As I watched , the flame , a centimetre behind the wasp 's wax gummed head , freed the antennae from the grease and they came upright for a while before they frazzled .
11	And they stop there for a bit , when they 've gone past the start .
12	It is at the larva stage of their development when boring and feeding of the grubs takes place that the damage is caused because the adult beetles do not eat and they live only for a short time .
13	She went up to the bedroom to see Anna and they spoke together for a long time . ’
14	And he waxes portentously for a moment .
15	He was forced to abandon his original plan for an arched bridge of cast iron by the need for ships to be able to pass through the strait , and he opted instead for a suspension bridge 100 feet above water level and with a span of 579 feet .
16	The sudden change of colour on the wall had upset its sense of direction and it buzzed about angrily and eventually it came into the porch where I was sitting and it stayed there for a few minutes and then went outside searching the wall again for the entrance .