Example sentences of "[pron] for [det] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I felt this was a chance for me to put to rest one way or another this thing that had been nagging at me for such a long time . ’ |
| 2 | Then he said I was too innocent to realise how hard it was for him just to see me for half an hour and a kiss and cuddle . ’ |
| 3 | He had known most of them for half a lifetime . |
| 4 | I talked to them for half an hour on maximum range and fuel economy . |
| 5 | Sister Monica stayed with them for half an hour . |
| 6 | " To a pint of cream put a pound of double-refined sugar , the juice of seven lemons , grate the rinds of two lemons into a pint of white wine , add half a pint of sack , then put them all into a deep pot , and whisk them for half an hour , put it into glasses the night before you want it : it is better for standing two or three days , but it will keep a week if required . " |
| 7 | It was like , get on to those bloody phone people , he said , I was on the phone to them for half an hour , yesterday , he said have n't turned up , he said , and I organized m I work around and everything . |
| 8 | So he called me up and asked me if I wanted to play it , which was incredibly flattering because I 'd been a fan of his for such a long time . |
| 9 | J. M. Lee in his essay ‘ Modern Stamford ’ published in The Making of Stamford says , ‘ A real university , if it came , would at least release Stamford from a fate which for such a long time remained a burden upon its political development , that the borough , as the guide books would say ‘ is only of historical interest . |
| 10 | Secondly , there were the regions of the old industrial periphery — the North , Wales and Scotland — which for half a century had suffered higher than national rates of unemployment . |
| 11 | This " touched Booth more deeply than any lavish endowment " but lie was loathe for his officer to deny himself for such a long stretch of time . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'd never have figured you for such a lady 's man , Stevens , ’ he went on . |
| 13 | Remember , the protectiveness of your subconscious is unlikely to allow you to go straight to a period or an event so traumatic that it has affected you for such a long time afterwards . |
| 14 | ‘ I have wanted to meet you for such a long time , ’ she began hesitantly . |
| 15 | Okay I that would have been okay in that particular case but you did come back to it as benefit , you say we have n't seen you for such a long time that was a not just look at your policies but to put a , a face to the name so I can become your point of reference |
| 16 | THANK you for such a fascinating glimpse at some of the features of Liverpool life in years past and some of the historic Echo stories of the past . |
| 17 | ‘ In my view the only candidate before you for such an act is Harper in lighting a tuft of hay . |
| 18 | " I 'm grateful to you for such an accurate statement of my beliefs . " |
| 19 | ‘ I have sought you for many a long day , ’ said Caspar , cheerfully , pursuing the rather frail ploy he had thought up earlier in case of precisely this eventuality . |
| 20 | To check that we have the correct total number of vibrational degrees of freedom , we count one for each a ( or b ) species vibration , and two for each e ( doubly degenerate ) vibration . |
| 21 | His system became the standard one for half a century . |
| 22 | I 'll buy one for half a million pounds ! |
| 23 | She wished she had worn some make-up , then chastised herself for such a feeble thought . |
| 24 | He could never entirely regret it , because it reminded him of working with Willie , and the passing resolves he made as a grown-up to lose some of it always contained a tang of unease about betraying his professional qualifications in the eyes of a man who would have belted him for such a thing . |
| 25 | Would those older cadets actually report him for such an infringement , on Lexandro 's part , of cousinly courtesy ? |
| 26 | I took another deep breath — I only wanted to see him for half an hour — and said what I could . |
| 27 | Others could not get to him for half an hour . |
| 28 | I only saw him for half an hour . |
| 29 | ‘ We 've been trying to wake him for half an hour , ’ said Fritz . |
| 30 | She had been watching him for half an hour staring out at the view , motionless . |