Example sentences of "[pers pn] for [adv] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now let me for just a few minutes , look forward if that 's not too presumptuous for a chair who is moving out . |
| 2 | Erm now , something that puzzled me for quite a long time when I started out doing philosophy of language er one or two years ago erm frequently you hear claims or we hear claims to the effect that this is a logical form of this sentence or this is the structure of this sentence , or this is the semantic structure of this sentence and I was never quite sure what that actually meant erm it 's partly because apart from Davidson , erm a lot of people who write on these issues do n't actually tell you what the background theory is and exactly what the point of the assignment of structured sentences is supposed to be , erm however after thinking about it for a while , I 've arrived at the following following general view there are at least three rather different enterprises er which might lead you to assign sentence structure and er one needs to figure out the relations between them . |
| 3 | Once the Tunnel opens — or maybe just before it does and before the French realize what 's going on and think up a way to stop it — he 'll sell them for maybe a thousand times what he 's paying for them now . ’ |
| 4 | Sadly , Mr Cod was destined to be with them for only a short time . |
| 5 | You had them for quite a long while . |
| 6 | That said , your fish will appreciate a good feed of , day , Daphnia , and enjoy chasing them for quite a long time , so the quantity is a little less critical than with prepared food . |
| 7 | Their kills tend to be rich in protein , providing enough energy to sustain them for quite a long time . |
| 8 | The King had settled himself into such a groove of petulant determination that there was no question of the rejection of the bargain deflecting him for even a few days . |
| 9 | She was n't going to give him the satisfaction of knowing she dared not be alone with him for even a few minutes . |
| 10 | Aware that she had been staring at him for rather a long time , she blinked and asked hastily , ‘ Did you sort out your business ? ’ |
| 11 | You 've known him for only a few days , so that 's impossible . |
| 12 | She talked to him for only a short while and left him a booklet with clear diagrams of the proposed surgery . |
| 13 | For my hands were not together — They were holding another hand — I felt the weight and the warmth of it for quite a long time … |
| 14 | Erm , and I have no side effects to it , I 've been on it for quite a long while . |
| 15 | Dad used to put erm a lot on it but we had to have erm the chimney sweep at ours for quite a long time |