Example sentences of "it [vb past] [adv] [verb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The accord was rejected by Gen. Aoun on the grounds that it did not provide for an immediate Syrian troop withdrawal [ ibid ] . |
| 2 | The accord was rejected by Aoun on the grounds that it did not provide for an immediate Syrian troop withdrawal . |
| 3 | It had not rained for a week and the white dust of the road started to dull the shine of all the shoes . |
| 4 | Why would a maker fit DR-DOS , when it had already paid for a copy of a Microsoft system ? |
| 5 | It was not bonded to those below it by the neat filling of soil and small growth that bound all the rest , though it lay aligned precisely to fill the place it had surely filled for a year or more . |
| 6 | Although it had n't rained for a week , the path was slippery with mud , deadening sound . |