Example sentences of "[adv prt] for [adv] six [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her admirer had already been bound over to keep the peace after being arrested on her doorstep , and his unwelcome attentions had been going on for over six years . |
| 2 | Well if she gets here at quarter past seven and three hours is quarter past ten , and she 's supposed to be at the Penny Farthing at nine o'clock , so you know , I , I do n't feel as though we are you know getting erm our money 's worth from her at the moment , erm also erm she told me in the beginning that this was only go on was going on for about six weeks , well it has now been going on for over eight weeks and she now says that erm she does n't know how longer it 's going on for and I think she is just erm stalling us . |
| 3 | This partly explains why they 've been struggling on for around six years now , but is no excuse in the current climate for them not gaining some long overdue recognition . |
| 4 | So I think he was down for about six months before he left . |
| 5 | He had been seeing Molly on and off for about six months . |
| 6 | Yeah but no I mean Caroline down there have had lights up for about six weeks . |
| 7 | He waited for me every year — we came back for about six years , until I was ready to be sent to finishing school . |
| 8 | Although these are ‘ laboratory ’ specimens , they 've been kicking around for about six months and I 'd expect them to be detected quickly . |