Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] for [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The NCC survey found that external hacking posed much less of a threat to systems than malicious acts by staff or ex-staff , who were responsible for almost a third of all logical security failures and breaches . |
| 2 | It seemed that I was asleep for just a few minutes when I was awakened by some noisy bastard shouting into the trench . |
| 3 | But , dear Christ , they could hardly talk : Paddy with his bashed-in nose , the look of a hog and a missing leg ; and the woman — his wife ? — she was lucky for even a guy like him . |
| 4 | ‘ He was ill for about a week . |
| 5 | I mean he was married for quite a long time to her apparently . |
| 6 | I was awake for just a little while and I could tell — ’ |
| 7 | He was alone for just a few minutes and I made my offer . |
| 8 | In all of the forested areas sampled by Eyre , commercial lumber production was responsible for only a proportion of the deforestation . |
| 9 | I was bad for over a week with my neck ! |
| 10 | I was bad for about a week . |
| 11 | She was silent for quite a long time . |