Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [pron] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Escobar announced last month that he was declaring war on the state and the government has since blamed him for a series of bomb blasts in Bogota and other cities which have killed more than 40 people . |
| 2 | This had covered the blotter so that he had really only seen it for a short time . |
| 3 | Clutterbuck ceased to work the mill during the latter half of the 1840s , for by 1847 it had been leased to a paper-maker , Frederick Wiggins , who apparently only operated it for a few years . |
| 4 | Geoff Butterwick , public transport manager for Suffolk County Council , said : ‘ We 've only had it for a few weeks but it 's already proving useful and I 'm sure it will make life a lot easier . |
| 5 | She laughed silently at herself ; she had only known him for a few hours , and here she was , assessing his character as if he were an old and true friend . |
| 6 | It 's ridiculous — I 've only known him for a few weeks . |
| 7 | ‘ You 've only known him for a few months ! ’ |
| 8 | ( There is a constant flow of Micks visiting our affiliated Royal Navy ship , the destroyer HMS Boxer ; some of Support Company had just joined her for a Channel cruise . ) |
| 9 | Your father , and Elizabeth and the others , are very worried about you , because you have not visited them for a long time . |
| 10 | He had not seen her for a while and he was pretty sure she had committed suicide . |
| 11 | she kept in touch with them for some time but er , I 've not seen her for a year so , I would n't know . |
| 12 | She had not seen him for a month . |
| 13 | ‘ She 's just noticed she 's not had it for a week or so . ’ |
| 14 | But it was n't until Ellen came to pick him up that he discovered that she had already bought everything for a picnic lunch . |
| 15 | The education process which the 1970s building surveyor had undergone in the fifties and early sixties had not equipped him for a meaningful and identifiable role in the profession of the seventies . |
| 16 | At least he was spared the knowledge that he 'd given the doge 's ring to a heartless little bitch who 'd just taken him for a ride . ’ |
| 17 | His background hardly prepared him for a life of elegant luxury as a film star or obedience to the star system . |
| 18 | With an effort she walked across the room to Jerry , who had so often asked her for a date and who , given any encouragement , would have been a frequent visitor to Blue Ash Farm . |
| 19 | This is me , I goes , I goes I 'll let it slip this time cos you have n't seen me for a few weeks . |
| 20 | No , he had n't seen her for a week before that weekend ; he had missed her — this with a baleful glance towards the door — and had indeed got as far as ringing her up on the Saturday morning , hoping she would come up for Sunday , but had got no answer from her flat . |
| 21 | Have n't seen her for a while . |
| 22 | Oh here 's another dog I think oh it 's Judy 's , not it 's not hello , have n't seen you for a long time , hello , have n't seen her for a long time , morning , good morning oh she 's a sweetie is n't she ? forgotten her name come and say hello , I have n't seen you for ages , so him once on the , good morning . |
| 23 | Have n't seen her for a couple of month , have you ? |
| 24 | Have n't seen them for a long time . |
| 25 | ‘ You do n't get over disliking someone simply because you have n't seen them for a long time . ’ |
| 26 | Well say hello to them for us cos we have n't seen them for a long time . |
| 27 | I have n't seen them for a while |
| 28 | Oh gosh , I have n't seen them for a |
| 29 | It was great because Steve Marriott was on it as well and I had n't seen him for a couple of years . |
| 30 | It was when I had n't seen him for a long time and I was all wound up . |