Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] for about [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 're only , I think you 're only supposed to use them for a , a few months , I 've been using them for about three years . |
| 2 | yesterday right in the park and he hugged me for about ten years . |
| 3 | See those are cheap sets we can probably buy them for about twelve quid apiece could n't we ? |
| 4 | But you liked those erm were they countryman 's or ploughman 's in a packet and you just throw them into the pan and cook it for about fifteen minutes ? |
| 5 | She studied me for about half a minute , then rearranged some of the knick-knacks on her stall . |
| 6 | She put her arms around his neck , and Edouard managed to resist her for about thirty seconds . |
| 7 | ‘ We should be able to track him for about half a mile , but with all these buildings we 'll be lucky to get two hundred yards . |
| 8 | Have n't seen him for about two weeks . |
| 9 | I ai n't seen her for about two months . |
| 10 | We have n't seen her for about ten , twelve years and er |
| 11 | Margaret she 's coming to this do we 're going to , I have n't seen her for about forty years . |
| 12 | I have n't seen it for about two months . |
| 13 | they 're saying that their fixing figures by not putting people on the waiting list so the waiting lists are shorter , because they 're putting , not , they 're saying that to people we ca n't treat you for about two years so I 'm not going to put you on the list at the moment , so they 're , cooking the books , that 's what they reckon |
| 14 | I was very , very sorry , but I just left the letter around and did n't see him for about three years . |
| 15 | Keep putting up , we 've had her for about two years have n't we ? |
| 16 | ‘ I 've used it for about three years . |
| 17 | So I do n't think I 've ever I 've had it for about eight months now and I do n't think I 've yet listened to all five in a row without changing it . |
| 18 | The first time I wore this , I 'd had it for about two months and I was talking to Princess Margaret , but as we spoke , I could see she was following my hand with her eyes . |
| 19 | I do n't really know , I 've had it for about three week . |
| 20 | you you 've had it for about three or four weeks . |
| 21 | But th that 's actually they followed him for about ten miles . |
| 22 | She said that she had got ‘ quite dependent ’ on Roger — I suppose she may have known him for about thirty-five years . |
| 23 | I 've known him for about three years and we get on fine as friends . |
| 24 | And this year we 're doing it for about half price or something . |
| 25 | ‘ She has been doing it for about three years . |
| 26 | Watched it for about ten minutes never laughed once ! |
| 27 | she 'd gone for a couple of days when she was up but she says she has n't been up to see her for about eighteen months ! |
| 28 | A mate of mine he says he wo n't tell you for about three or four years . |
| 29 | Er I offered it for about eight hours a day , but they might send us somebody might . |
| 30 | You 've all heard that and I 've heard it for about thirty years now . |