Example sentences of "i [verb] there for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I lived there for eighteen months with someone I thought I loved , indeed who I did , do , no , did love . ’ |
| 2 | I lay there for many hours , but at last I fell asleep , and in my small , helpless boat , dreamed of home and the Admiral Benbow . |
| 3 | Anyway to finish that story about stopping and starting , I stopped there for fifty years and me mother was still alive when er when I at ninety three and when I retired in nineteen seventy nine , nineteen eighty I told me mum that I was finishing and she looked at me I told you that job would n't last and I , I , I mean I 'd done fifty years all but a few months . |
| 4 | I served there for thirteen year , became a chargehand eventually and eventually the f the firm folded up . |
| 5 | They said I could only stay one week , but I stayed there for two , and they did n't know . |
| 6 | I stayed there for five weeks and after another operation was pronounced ‘ partially sighted ’ enough to be registered as blind . |
| 7 | I stayed there for five years and was still drinking . |
| 8 | I worked at City Motors and I stayed there for seven years I had quite a few jobs before that but I liked that one . |
| 9 | I stayed there for some time and looked at the castle , and then I walked on through the forest for about an hour . |
| 10 | I stayed there for three days , until the snow began to melt , dripping in stealthy drops from my little roof . |
| 11 | So I decided at least I stood there for ten minutes which one should I take ? |