Example sentences of "[adv prt] for [adj] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Army bomb disposal experts arrived at Dorton late this afternoon to join the search of the trackside that had already been going on for four and a half hours . |
| 2 | As I said in an earlier chapter , the principle of speaking is not to go on for more than a few minutes without getting your audience to do something — applaud or laugh or raise their hands . |
| 3 | Other remedies will be needed if Aconite does not suffice and the condition lingers or continues on for more than a day or so . |
| 4 | A routine was established which went on for more than a year . |
| 5 | This has always been strongest in the southern States , with their history of slavery and the implicit belief , well-established in the local culture , in black inferiority — a belief capitalized on for more than a century after the Civil War by the Democrats ( see below ) . |
| 6 | The needless slaughter has been going on for more than a century . |
| 7 | The strike , in support of a suspended colleague , has been going on for more than a week . |
| 8 | Gateshead Family Health Service 's Authority admitted it had known what was going on for more than a year , but action was taken only after a patient contacted them . |
| 9 | Someone , someone told me it 's on for three and a half hours ! |
| 10 | However , the damage was done at the discontinued line which simply reflects the fact that we had er , Elserver in for two and a half months in nineteen ninety one , as opposed to twelve months the year before . |
| 11 | They always came in for more than a little if they had offended him in the past . |
| 12 | Hongkong Bank is inheriting a bank in better shape than it has been in for more than a decade . |
| 13 | One thing is clear none of this OO stuff is imminent in Oracle as SQL 3 is pencilled in for 1995/6 and an object storage manager will most likely follow that . |
| 14 | That 's right which was run two days a week for over for three and a half weeks . |
| 15 | Wallace looked menacing and was through at one point when Burrows hacked him down ( the scouser should have been sent off for that and a clear ‘ professional foul ’ in the second half against Deane ) . |
| 16 | It takes at least two terms even to become familiar with a new job but , after that , few management changes can be put off for more than a year . |
| 17 | I packed up I packed up for two and a half years and then erm when we went to Spain in August , no in October , the four girls went me and me two sisters and a friend from work , Barbara . |
| 18 | I did manage to lose half a stone ( 7lb/3kg ) , but I was so hungry all the time that I would not keep the diet up for longer than a month . |
| 19 | The high-rise hype blew up in our faces , with the demolition of tower blocks in London and Merseyside appearing as slow-motion spectaculars on television , hundreds of homes up for less than a lifetime now squandered . |
| 20 | Having made it , that family was split up for more than a year , but was reunited after the Blitz and eventually settled in Torquay . |
| 21 | The back-to-back pair of dessert spoons riffled through his fingers , producing an intricate , staccato percussion which he was , however , unable to keep up for more than a few minutes together ; then he would get his fingers tangled up and the spoons would clang to a halt and he would shake his head furiously and begin all over again . |
| 22 | You wo n't be able to keep it up for more than a week . ’ |
| 23 | And shell-shocked manager Khalid Mahmood admitted after his side were bowled out for 165 and a shattering 198-run defeat : ‘ That was n't batting , it was butchery . |
| 24 | I was out for four and a half months , then I gave myself up because I was carrying my daughter , Sasha . |
| 25 | Some struggled against her , but few held out for more than a moment or two . |
| 26 | If you are knocked out for longer than a few seconds , you should report to your doctor as soon as possible after the competition . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'll sell ye it back for two and a half . ’ |
| 28 | Erm and while I was married I bought it back for twenty and a few months later I sell it for ten pound . |
| 29 | They weigh a stone and a half so they are very heavy to carry around for 3 and a half years . |
| 30 | Although the idea of COSE has been kicking around for more than a year now , it was the possibility of missing the opportunity to be a part of a very public announcement on the opening day of the UniForum show that finally drove some of the parties to the table — and final agreement was reached barely 48 hours before Wednesday 17 , opening day of the San Francisco event . |