Example sentences of "about it for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could see he was going to be unhappy about it for a long time , and that there was nothing I could do about it . |
| 2 | That 's what I I 've thought about it for a long |
| 3 | But he does n't do anything about it for a long time . |
| 4 | She suffered so much when he did casuals that he 'd lied about it for a long time . |
| 5 | Well think about it for a long time |
| 6 | Fred thought about it for a few seconds . |
| 7 | Think about it for a few days , that 's all I ask of you . |
| 8 | He thought about it for a few moments , but said nothing except that he did not understand why a second shoe had been stolen . |
| 9 | James bowed ironically and offered them the document ; Alexander Menzies pretended to think about it for a full five minutes and signed it with extraordinary flourishes that made the pen splutter and seemed to say , ‘ Very well , I will humour your ridiculous ritual . ’ |