Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] [adv prt] for [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The feudal Prussian Junkers , whose estates had limped on for as long as anyone could remember , were hit particularly hard by the Corridor . |
| 2 | He told him how much of his pay he had saved up for today , how he would personally kick him all the way back to Newmarket if he did n't win , how he was a big beautiful bastard that could n't fucking lose , could he ? |
| 3 | They had driven around for over an hour trying to find the rave that every one was going on about . |
| 4 | Trent had wanted out for so long — out of the secrecy and isolation . |
| 5 | ‘ I felt that if the game had gone on for just five more minutes , then we could even have won it . |
| 6 | COLBERT : It had gone on for too long : this is his ninth year on the Tour . |
| 7 | Thankfully , he had gone out for about an hour . |
| 8 | As she stared at him , she knew it had come , the moment of physical and emotional confrontation she had held off for so long , and she felt so vulnerable that she could barely breathe . |
| 9 | They found they could switch on particular groups of atoms with a pulse of electricity and they stayed switched on for up to two days . |