Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] for half [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | After tossing restlessly for half the night , she managed to get a couple of hours ' sleep , and woke up in the morning feeling very angry with herself . |
2 | I said oh I feel I 'm going out for half an hour that 's all . |
3 | ‘ There are least three shops in Norwich I really like , and I tend to ring them in advance and say ‘ I 'm coming in for half an hour . |
4 | After skulking around for half an hour I spotted a kestrel in a tree nearby . |
5 | I 'm not , I 've been sitting down for half an hour . |
6 | I said , oh go a bit later then , I goes cos I 'll make it quarter past seven I 'm not sitting round for half an hour , not like kiddos |
7 | Gentlemen , it occurs to us that you 're going , we 're going to be waffling on for half an hour plus , in a sense . |