Example sentences of "for [adv] [adv] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They slept then , tucked up around one another , waking several times during the night , but rarely for long enough to do more than acknowledge the other 's presence . |
| 2 | The fact that the " adornment " theory was entertained for so long deserves some explanation and its appropriateness can not be altogether dismissed in the case of " artificial " styles cultivated by such Renaissance mannerists as Sidney and Lyly . |
| 3 | That he satisfied so impatient and fastidious a monarch for so long says much for his efficiency and sensitivity . |
| 4 | After Trafalgar , Admiralty instructions to the commanders of British men-of-war no longer ordered them to demand a salute from foreign naval vessels in the waters where Britain had for so long claimed such a right . |
| 5 | To be cared for almost inevitably involves some diminution of independence . |
| 6 | For too long have many eminent members of the Institute been shy about such debate , hiding behind the feeble argument that it must respect the conflicting views of different modes of transport . |