Example sentences of "[vb infin] for [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even the good ones might remain for only a matter of months . |
| 2 | Well let's think for just a moment , you know , we 've been talking over these last three or four weeks about faith and that , erm , let's just think , perhaps and we should have done this sooner , but I du n no , it it fits in th this morning , er perhaps just what , what faith is . |
| 3 | He would stay for just an hour or so and then gather up the equipment and disappear . |
| 4 | Thus , the first ischaemic episode primarily translocates PKC into the membranes , where it will stay for about an hour . |
| 5 | She heard the question and did n't answer for quite a while , just looked at me . |
| 6 | In cold temperatures the eggs are very resistant and can survive for over a year in soil . |
| 7 | He did n't speak for nearly a minute ; the DDA sat quietly , knowing this was not the time to interrupt his thoughts . |
| 8 | Their eyes met , sheer delight in each other in both pairs , and then Luke was kissing her on the mouth with so much loving tenderness that she could n't speak for quite a while . |
| 9 | you mentioned another protection which is the N H B C , that 's , National House Building Council guarantee how long does that run for when a scheme , from the commencement of a scheme ? |
| 10 | From here we could see for quite a distance , but there was no sign of the hunt , nor any sound . |
| 11 | If unopened , perfume will keep for about a year . |
| 12 | When he did not return for quite a while , she guessed they had been talking to each other about her . |
| 13 | People , Let's relax for just a sec and not get carried away with talk of 7–0 victories over twenty years ago , a lucky , boring 1–0 will do wonderfully well . |
| 14 | They should go they should go for quite a number of years . |
| 15 | They 'll only be there for about twenty four hours , they 'll go for about a week but they 're spending most of it with er , Deborah down at erm , Bambury |
| 16 | It can thus invest on the assumption that the contract will not last for merely a year . |
| 17 | For one reason , space is almost a vacuum , so that molecules erm are few and far between , and one thing about chemistry it is really the science of not particularly molecules but molecules that react with one another , but here once one has got a molecule in space it does n't actually meet another one for a very long time , so even a molecule that is reactive and which may only last for maybe a microsecond in the laboratory , interstellar space it may last for a thousand years . |
| 18 | But er long before our time a a wedding in a district like this would last for about a week . |
| 19 | ‘ Sometimes a merchant in a souk will settle for perhaps a profit of only five per cent , ’ says Mr Latif of the Moroccan Tourist Board . |
| 20 | Environmental and hygiene considerations will account for nearly a quarter of the total cost . |
| 21 | That was all he could say for quite a time ; but when he had recovered his confidence he said a lot more , all of it expressing gratitude to Sheila for her quick thinking and great pluck and shame for his own and Chuck 's roughness with her earlier . |