Example sentences of "[indef pn] for [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 After all , as Lanier says ; ‘ This is something — and we have n't had a something for quite a while . ’
2 Two of the women who were moved up with me had already been in prison , one for about a year , one for about eight months , so they knew what to expect .
3 I dined out on that one for quite a while , but have not had occasion to be offered cream coronets of late .
4 ‘ Yes , I 've been playing around with one for quite a while ; it 's a very nice piece of work .
5 to do an E C G on this man , well I had n't done one for quite a while and I 'd forgot really , not forgot what to do but I 'm not very familiar with the E C G machines because it 's a new electronic machine and its
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