Example sentences of "[adv] and [vb past] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before Parr knocked on Jessica 's bedroom door , he stood outside and listened for a while . |
| 2 | It stayed there and grew for a long time , until it was a real baby . |
| 3 | When Martha had gone as well , Tim picked up the whisky he had poured earlier and stood for a long time in the hallway . |
| 4 | A year later she met someone else and asked for a divorce . |
| 5 | He dreamed of the bloodied face with the girl 's hair swinging over it , and of Annabel 's children , and then he surfaced again and went for a walk through Covent Garden fruit market , where Mr. Jenkins must already be at work . |
| 6 | She had neither the energy nor the time to feel irritated ; instead she took out her pen again and reached for a sheet of the museum 's paper . |
| 7 | If only he had known enough , he might have come privately and hoped for a reward ! |