Example sentences of "at [pron] for [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mayli stared at him for just a second , then realised that the waiter would have given the alarm by now . |
| 2 | Aware that she had been staring at him for rather a long time , she blinked and asked hastily , ‘ Did you sort out your business ? ’ |
| 3 | Michael had a nice fiddle going , and he 's been at it for over a year now . |
| 4 | He was at it for quite a while . |
| 5 | Indeed on being presented with a picture , pupils may look at it for only a very short time and give only the most cursory replies when questioned about various features . |
| 6 | I lose count of the lengths ; she 's at it for almost an hour , with her mind as empty as she can make it . |
| 7 | Dad used to put erm a lot on it but we had to have erm the chimney sweep at ours for quite a long time |