Example sentences of "[vb -s] for [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The band plays for quite a bit . |
| 2 | The baby sleeps for about an hour from 11 till 12 — I 'm afraid I read a book then — I do n't do very much housework ! |
| 3 | The Society has for over a year objected strongly to the plan under which the current arrangements for remunerating solicitors on the basis of work actually done are to be replaced by a standard fee scheme from April . |
| 4 | ‘ He 's very thick with the new master , Humphrey Morris , which counts for quite a lot , ’ Bridget said thoughtfully . |
| 5 | Nothing happens for quite a while , then the rod-tip trembles , so I hold the rod in one hand and the line in the other . |
| 6 | Also the grass grows for only a short-season , and the amount of hay which can be cut and dried varies from one year to the next . |
| 7 | According to that theory everything exists for only an instant and is then replaced by a facsimile of itself , so that it is but a series of momentary existences like the successive frames in a cine-camera film . |
| 8 | One such person who a number of us were worried about just did not answer letters or telephone calls for over a year . |
| 9 | And it does so in syntax which calls for quite a feat of structuring and interpreting . |
| 10 | The futuristic hopper calls for quite a bit of disguising . |
| 11 | Michael Silverman himself , who handles assignments in the firm 's property sector — which now accounts for over a quarter of its business — has also established a reputation in the retail industry . |
| 12 | NEUE MITTE is in the centre of the town of Oberhausen ( population 225,000 ) , which is itself in the state of North Rhine Westphalia , the largest of the German states both in population ( 17.5 million ) and economic power , where it accounts for over a quarter of Germany 's gross national product . |
| 13 | After all , ’ she added as he looked back at her impassively , ‘ it accounts for only a fraction of your business interests . |
| 14 | Industry experts say this booming cottage industry now accounts for about a quarter of the X-rated video market . |
| 15 | If you 're travelling at two hundred miles an hour and your mind wanders for even a fraction of a second , it can be fatal . |
| 16 | The presidential election campaign lasts for nearly a year ; with all the preplanning , advance publicity , and fund raising it lasts for much longer . |
| 17 | The path continues for around a mile to the Bloody Bush pillar — named after a dispute over where exactly the border ran . |