Example sentences of "[vb past] for [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I read for about an hour . |
| 2 | He hummed and hawed for quite a while about it , but in the end I asked him if you were getting any visitors , and if not , I said , must n't you be feeling pretty lonely , and that did it . |
| 3 | Yet I tried and tried for over a week thinking I ought to for his sake . |
| 4 | But the illness lingered for over a year , and in the end the doctor decided that she must be suffering from depression . |
| 5 | And so I tell you we slammed the window down and just ducked for about an hour . |
| 6 | Nothing happened for about an hour . |
| 7 | They walked for about an hour before arriving at their destination . |
| 8 | We think she corroded for only a matter of weeks before being colonised . |
| 9 | As Sunday Life revealed two weeks ago , McGlinchey worked for over a year as a sales representative for Cornhill , which has hundreds of RUC men as clients . |
| 10 | Slowly and methodically , he worked for about an hour on his correspondence , which included a letter from one of their major customers . |
| 11 | If the wind died for just a moment ; if she could just get a clear sight of the cockpit … |
| 12 | Shiona thought for only a moment . |
| 13 | Jenna managed for almost a month . |
| 14 | But I looked for only a moment . |
| 15 | But more than anything else Sarah craved for even a glimpse of Angel . |
| 16 | She hesitated for barely a moment before nodding her head in affirmation . |
| 17 | She took off the outer layer of her clothes , hesitated for just a moment , and then peeled off her underwear . |
| 18 | She hesitated for only a second or two , then without looking around , she ripped the ties from the front flaps and stepped outside . |
| 19 | Denis hesitated for only a moment before surrendering to his instinct to meet kindness with kindness . |
| 20 | He hesitated for only a moment , then glanced briefly at Alexandra and said , ‘ I should be happy to . ’ |
| 21 | By the end of the year he had obtained livery of his spiritualities and temporalities , although a protracted and bitter dispute ensued for over a year with Archbishop Walter Reynolds [ q.v. ] over the sums Hamo claimed as due to him for vacancy , during which the see of Rochester had been in the archbishop 's hands . |
| 22 | I think he once did say to me that he was very disturbed at how much ‘ coke ’ David was doing and that it had got to the point where he did n't hide it from deFries , whereas he did for quite a while at first . |
| 23 | yeah , oh well I did for quite a while |
| 24 | When Bruce Bogtrotter had eaten his way through half of the entire enormous cake , he paused for just a couple of seconds and took several deep breaths . |
| 25 | Ellen paused for just a fraction of a second before she answered , ‘ Yes ; yes , I suppose it would . ’ |
| 26 | He paused for only an instant . |
| 27 | They searched for over an hour , following at first some vague footprints in the smudged , dark liquid . |
| 28 | After a much interrupted speech that lasted for nearly an hour , he ended resoundingly : |
| 29 | The strike lasted for virtually a year , ending in April 1985 . |
| 30 | Dawn 's nervousness while she was attached to my hand lasted for quite a while and there was nothing I could do about it other than reassure her . |