Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [verb] for [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Basically he 'd over indulged for too many years , to the point here even he realised he 'd gone too far . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ So you 'd best live for ever , had n't you ? … |
| 3 | All he owned were the clothes on his back and a few cassettes which I 'd partly paid for anyway . |
| 4 | His last memory was of a rather half-hearted dawn chorus outside the grey windows , so he 'd probably slept for about two hours . |
| 5 | She came here looking for somewhere to live . |
| 6 | It can not be forgotten or surpassed though gone for ever . |
| 7 | Whatever one feels about his captaincy at Old Trafford , nobody could possibly do other than admire a man who went on to bat for more than five hours , immediately after suffering a truly horrific hammering in the field . |
| 8 | But the victories of the court 's opponents did not endure for long . |
| 9 | He could hear the men beginning the old bawdy ‘ Thousand and One Nights of the Wolfking ‘ , which had been written about Cormac , and which Lugh did not care for overmuch , because even if you discounted half the things it said , you were still left with a patently exaggerated tale . |
| 10 | Fabia found an answering encouraging smile , but her smile did not remain for long when after a second or two of studying her Cara stated , quite clearly , ‘ You . ’ |
| 11 | I did not hope for very much when I began my Alexander lessons , because of my past experiences . |
| 12 | Peace did not reign for long as he provoked the ultimate chop for himself by one day taking his scissors to all of the models ' heads and cropping them . |
| 13 | He did not sing for long because he was old , but it was enough . |
| 14 | The Scarman Report commented on the turnover of staff in the mail order department in 1976 : ‘ many of the immigrant workers did not stay for very long : the threat of dismissal must have been an anxiety for many in the workforce . |
| 15 | Jordi seemed frightened , and we did not stay for long . |
| 16 | When he did not return for quite a while , she guessed they had been talking to each other about her . |
| 17 | British Trotskyism 's new lease of life did not last for long . |
| 18 | The Tajik regime did not last for long : it was opposed by Pathans , and the latter rose up to install a regime that lasted , with some changes at the top , till the communist seizure of power in 1978 . |
| 19 | Despite herself , Alice did so , but her moment of lightheartedness did not last for long . |
| 20 | The notion of a totally free service did not last for long . |
| 21 | My joy did not last for long . |
| 22 | Those moments did not last for long , however , because she was soon hearing again his silky , and infuriating , declaration that he was taking her over as his girlfriend . |
| 23 | The practices did not last for long and soon we were off . |
| 24 | But unfortunately this did not last for long as we came to a narrow , shallow strip of the river . |
| 25 | However , the effect did not last for more than two days at a time because Owen 's diet was still too high in white sugar and chemical additives . |
| 26 | But this happy state of affairs did not last for very long . |
| 27 | For the first time in my life I tasted champagne and I did not care for it very much because I was a complete and absolute non-drinker at the time , I would like to warn anybody that this was something which did not last for very long : I have since acquired an insatiable thirst and desire for champagne . |
| 28 | That did not matter for soon burning aircraft lit the scene as though it were daylight . |
| 29 | That was a very shrewd thing to say in 1940 but it did not happen for nearly five years . |
| 30 | The new pope was still pro-imperial , but did not survive for long , dying on the 3rd December 1154 . |