Example sentences of "he [verb] [adv] [verb] for [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His wife Jennifer said : ‘ He is finding he can do things he has n't done for so long . |
| 2 | I 've never seen him like this though , I 've never se he has n't shaved for about four days . |
| 3 | Basically he 'd over indulged for too many years , to the point here even he realised he 'd gone too far . ’ |
| 4 | His last memory was of a rather half-hearted dawn chorus outside the grey windows , so he 'd probably slept for about two hours . |
| 5 | When he did not return for quite a while , she guessed they had been talking to each other about her . |
| 6 | He did not sing for long because he was old , but it was enough . |
| 7 | He did n't speak for nearly a minute ; the DDA sat quietly , knowing this was not the time to interrupt his thoughts . |
| 8 | He did n't answer for nearly fifteen seconds ; did n't smile . |
| 9 | O stared , he did n't know for how long , at him and his outstretched hand , wondering whether to gasp it , fill it with change , or knock it away ; and then he looked up , because he heard his train coming and also because he felt the hot wind on his face . |
| 10 | They needed no second bidding but rode as fast as they could , not pausing until they thundered through the half-open gate of Godstowe Priory , putting the porter into such serious agitation he appeared almost sober for once . |
| 11 | He usually brings food and stuff , but he do n't stay for long . |
| 12 | He hurried out of the house and towards the place which he had not visited for so long . |
| 13 | Dong , because of his unusual height , had a clear view of the new arrivals above the heads of the crowd — and within a matter of seconds his startled eyes fell on two familiar faces that he had not seen for well over a year . |
| 14 | Benedict , at less than ten years of age , was himself delivered into the care of the mother he had not seen for almost two years . |
| 15 | His astonished gaze was fixed on the second familiar face staring out at the public floggings from amid the crowd of frightened coolies on the first truck , a face he had n't seen for even longer — that of his own father ! |
| 16 | ‘ No , I 've still got Dad , but he does n't count for much now , poor love , he 's gone a little bit silly . ’ |