Example sentences of "[vb past] been asleep for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wondered whether he 'd been asleep for a while , or just deep in thought . |
| 2 | She felt as though she 'd been asleep for about five minutes ! |
| 3 | As I enjoyed the stew I looked at my watch , it was just after mid-day ; I had been asleep for nearly four hours . |
| 4 | He had been asleep for less than half an hour . |
| 5 | She felt heavy-lidded and drowsy , as if she had been asleep for a week . |
| 6 | He had been asleep for some time , physically exhausted after his ordeal , but now he tossed and turned , held fast in the grip of some awful nightmare . |
| 7 | The heavy lunch and the wine had made her sleepy , and she took to her bed the minute they returned , only awakening when the hunger pangs assaulted her stomach , to see that she had been asleep for over three hours . |
| 8 | Iain Ogilvy McWhirter ( Senior English and Religious Instruction ) had been asleep for the past ten minutes , but Tom Tedder ( Art and Woodwork ) said ‘ Arrgh ’ through closed lips , and that seemed to do well enough . |
| 9 | As it was , this first ever trip on a narrow boat looked like being her last , and she had been asleep for most of it . |
| 10 | When he awoke he could not tell if he had fainted or had been asleep for hours or even days . |