Example sentences of "he [verb] there for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | office place and give him a bag of plaster and tell him to plaster there for a day either that or send him up |
| 2 | Oh , shut up Ryan , and then he sits there for a bit , and she goes , yeah well , you used to wear national health spectacles . |
| 3 | He hung there for a second before slithering sideways , and as he slipped towards the ground the seladang hooked blindly at his body , knocking it this way and that , until one of its long horns caught and held . |
| 4 | He lay there for a moment , stunned , winded , waiting for a message from his numbed brain . |
| 5 | He lay there for a moment , getting his breath . |
| 6 | He lay there for a minute , beneath his tumbled bedclothes , savouring the excitement . |
| 7 | Cursing and gasping , he lay there for a full five minutes , the surprisingly intact fish by his side . |
| 8 | He lay there for a moment before rolling over and getting to his knees . |
| 9 | He lay there for a minute scratching at the pitiful amount of hair on his chest and then he came over . |
| 10 | He sat there for a few minutes . |
| 11 | He sat there for a few moments inhaling the smoke . |
| 12 | ‘ He sent him back to the pub ; he sat there for a while , and when he came back he 'd got the front shoes on . |
| 13 | He remained there for a few seconds then slowly got to his feet and moved to the door leading into the hallway . |
| 14 | He stayed there for a long time . |
| 15 | He stayed there for a long time , until he was sure that the dogs had gone , then he came out . |
| 16 | He stood there for a time , head bowed and in the end , simply said no . |
| 17 | He stood there for a moment and then said , in a gentler voice , " I did n't mean that the way it sounded … " |
| 18 | He stood there for a few moments . |