Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [pron] for a " in BNC.

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1 I think that often people did n't realise how tired and desperate they were until they 'd sat with her for a while .
2 However historically authentic ( or not ) this account may be , what is clear is that Hungarians adhered to it for a thousand years after their arrival in the Danubian plain at the beginning of the tenth century .
3 First-class writers can defy this rule-of-thumb , but anyone else doing so risks alienating readers who have come to them for a particular sort of entertainment .
4 Dierdriu had looked at her for a long moment .
5 She had looked at him for a long time , at first solemnly and then with mounting anger .
6 He came from Cambridge , and I have n't heard of her for a number of years .
7 Iskandara had felt behind her for a chair back and now stood gripping it , her free hand clenched about the head of her stick .
8 John Aubrey [ q.v. ] may have lodged with him for a time .
9 It 's only lent to me for a week
10 No one 's shot at me for a minute . ’
11 ‘ Rose went to bed , ’ Mona answered without looking up from her books and though the boy thought about it for a while he did not ask anything further .
12 Bellybutton , kneeling over his work , thought about it for a second , then spread his hands in a gesture of ignorance .
13 That 's what I I 've thought about it for a long
14 ‘ After the defeat at Bramall Lane they had the biggest hammering they 've had off me for a long time .
15 She suffered so much when he did casuals that he 'd lied about it for a long time .
16 Erm I have n't been bothered with it for a couple of months now Doctor , and
17 On the latter 's arrival , they had talked to him for a while and then he had gone off with them .
18 I found one guy and talked to him for a while on tape .
19 He applied for a grant of land and this was sold to him for a nominal sum .
20 One of these , Jimmie , was used by him for a harmless demonstration of the electrocardiogram at the Royal Society and became the subject of a famous parliamentary reply to a question from the anti-vivisection lobby ( Hansard , 8 July 1909 ) .
21 He was , however , concerned that information obtained by the SFO might be disclosed to other authorities , and might be used by them for a prosecution ; this concern did not lead him to believe that it would be proper to order the disclosure of the transcript to the SFO without any conditions .
22 Snappy bounded after her for a few yards , then scampered away to follow his mistress .
23 The lead fisherman wore shades ( ever see fish wearing glasses ? ) for the bluesy number and got rid of them for a rappy tune ( thank God ! ) .
24 The tour in Japan was over and David left — he sailed for Vladivostok — and finally , just to get rid of me as usual ( if you keep making enough noise they 'll get rid of you for a little peace and quiet ) they gave me a visa .
25 ‘ Glad to be rid of you for a while , ’ she retorted .
26 I always seem to get them at dawn , it 's something to do with the stuffiness of this room after I 've been locked in it for a night .
27 Even if you are working or have been away from the University for more than two years you can still have Current Vacancies mailed to you for a small charge .
28 If your employee has been employed by you for a continuous period of at least 26 weeks into the qualifying week , regardless of the number of hours worked , she is eligible for lower rate SMP .
29 If your employee was employed by you for a continuous period of at least two calendar years into the qualifying week and normally worked 16 hours or more a week , she is eligible for the higher rate of SMP .
30 Alternatively , if she has been employed by you for a continuous period of at least five calendar years into the qualifying week for 8 hours or more each week , then she is also eligible .
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