Example sentences of "and [vb past] for [det] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was a brilliant scholar , and lived for some time at ‘ Titeup Hall , ’ Dalton . |
| 2 | In addition to having worked in Germany and the USSR , and lived for some time before the war in France , I was brought up for the first five years of my life in India in a native state where I was the only white child . |
| 3 | He asked about proceedings at Central Strike Headquarters and lingered for some time on the subject although he received no information . |
| 4 | She thought and thought for some time , and then she smiled . |
| 5 | His feet began to tap more and more loudly beneath the desk and his jaw quivered more and more violently as Blanche put her side of the story and pleaded for more time to finish the investigation . |
| 6 | She got up slowly from the table , washed up the mug , and stood for some time absolutely still , staring . |