Example sentences of "[adv] for [det] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cameron raked on for half an hour , making loose heaps up the middle of the field . |
| 2 | The thing went on for half an hour at least . |
| 3 | If the Government want to fetch every one of those issues to the Floor of the House , I am quite prepared to do exactly the same , and every day we shall have points of order that go on for half an hour — |
| 4 | The conversation carried on for half an hour and then they parted company as she went to work and he went off to his job . |
| 5 | Olwen has hers on for half an hour of a morning , Joe puts it on at half eight and dead on nine o'clock that immersion 's turned off . |
| 6 | But you 've got ta have it on for half an hour have n't we Scott ? |
| 7 | The Golden Girls on for half an hour . |
| 8 | Gentlemen , it occurs to us that you 're going , we 're going to be waffling on for half an hour plus , in a sense . |
| 9 | If it is accepted , as I believe it should be accepted , that certiorari goes not only for such an excess or abuse of power but also for a breach of the rules of natural justice there is even less reason in principle for excluding other established grounds . |
| 10 | Only for half an hour . ’ |
| 11 | It was a quiet time and I would sit these fellows down for half an hour and take them through what they were doing . |
| 12 | Sit down for half an hour and anybody can do it . |
| 13 | Sit down for half an hour and anybody can do it . |
| 14 | I 'm not , I 've been sitting down for half an hour . |
| 15 | Why do n't you go and lie down for half an hour ? |
| 16 | I know what I need , to put my head down for half an hour this afternoon I wo n't be fit for nothing the night . |
| 17 | ‘ There are least three shops in Norwich I really like , and I tend to ring them in advance and say ‘ I 'm coming in for half an hour . |
| 18 | There was a mini-rebellion about that just after the Police Strike and then they allowed policemen to go in for half an hour 's and eat breakfast . |
| 19 | We talked quietly together for half an hour but there was no point of contact . |
| 20 | was called away for half an hour . |
| 21 | It would take most of the silver he had on him and that would be just for half an ounce of what was needed . |
| 22 | And what I think it would be helpful for us to talk about is where we sit in this business , just for half an hour , where does T N T sit in the industry ? |
| 23 | It was left for just for half an hour at the Westgate Centre in Oxford , which according to the AA is the one of the worst car parks in South East England for security . |
| 24 | As Clarissa might wake up and cry , it would be better if Zoe would wheel her around the grounds in her buggy , just for half an hour or so , if she did n't mind . |
| 25 | ‘ Not for half an hour , I suppose , ’ he admitted . |
| 26 | ‘ But not for half an hour or so — what 's the matter ? ’ as Leonora stared at him , wide-eyed . |
| 27 | Celia , having taken an extra sleeping-pill on his insistence , did not wake , and he himself dozed off for half an hour . |
| 28 | The Yard said the area around the police station was sealed off for half an hour while the package was examined . |
| 29 | But we stopped off for half an hour as well . |
| 30 | Staff were split into quality teams , meeting for half an hour each week , with team leaders meeting weekly , also for half an hour , to discuss suggestions raised by staff . |