Example sentences of "at it for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From the tarn , I followed my nose down to a cairn that stands on the shoulder above Deepdale Side where the view down Deepdale into Dentdale was so good that I sat and looked at it for a good half-hour until the thought that I needed to be home by late afternoon pushed me on down to the green lane of the old Craven Way . |
| 2 | She stared down at it for a long time . |
| 3 | I can not be sure that he noticed all that , but he stared at it for a long time , getting down on his hands . |
| 4 | Jazz looked at it for a long time , then he propped it back against the lamp , and turned the light out . |
| 5 | Mouse took its head in his hands and met its eyes , looking at it for a long moment . |
| 6 | Says Mike , ‘ When the chimps first saw the platform , they stared at it for a long time , and then they realised it was just me up there , and carried on . ’ |
| 7 | She looked at it for a long time , and then began to cry . |
| 8 | She looked at it for a long time . |
| 9 | I looked at it for a long time until Marie Claire 's kitchen began to form itself around the pots . |
| 10 | She stared at it for a long time , shivering , icy fingers trailing along her spine . |
| 11 | Sabine looked at it for a long moment , aware of a faint stirring in her consciousness , some elusive memory , fleetingly brought to life . |
| 12 | She opened it with a trembling hand and sat staring at it for a long time . |
| 13 | We will just ask you can we have a look at it for a few days . |