Example sentences of "there for a [adj] [noun sg] of " in BNC.

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1 Do you have to be there for a certain amount of time ?
2 It 's only there for a certain amount of time .
3 ‘ They were there for a good couple of hours and when I left at around 2.00pm they were still interviewing players in the spare dressing rooms . ’
4 She must have sat alone there for a good quarter of an hour , singing to herself , before Henry and Lettice came crashing back through the woods , squealing that they had seen Humphrey and Janet and must take to the skiff at once .
5 ‘ I was making saggars there for a good number of years after the move to Barlaston , where they were used in firing , ’ re recalled .
6 If the child shows a habit of prolonged crying then instead of expecting him or her to sit there for a long period of time , the first break in crying after a few minutes should be taken by the parent as an opportunity to allow the child to get up .
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