Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] for about [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I read for about an hour . |
| 2 | The next Saturday , armed with my pocket money , I waited for about an hour before the cheap-jack came to the knives , which after a lot of spiel were offered for sixpence — all I possessed . |
| 3 | We stayed for about an hour , then with the sisters ' greetings ringing in our ears rejoined our escort outside the walls and continued our journey . |
| 4 | We sat for about an hour waiting for the bargemen to wake . |
| 5 | They walked for about an hour before arriving at their destination . |
| 6 | Slowly and methodically , he worked for about an hour on his correspondence , which included a letter from one of their major customers . |