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Example sentences of "say [pron] for a " in BNC.

No	Sentence
31	She felt that the atmosphere between them was suddenly much easier although he said nothing for a moment but kept on looking at her as if he were turning something over in his mind .
32	Stock said nothing for a moment , then he looked through me and said , ‘ I touched Lenin .
33	Foley said nothing for a good few seconds .
34	She said nothing for a moment , then : ‘ I did n't know him very well . ’
35	Guido said nothing for a moment , but simply watched her .
36	He said nothing for a moment .
37	Travis said nothing for a moment , then , ‘ Did Rosemary — mention me at all ? ’ he wanted to know .
38	Travis said nothing for a moment , then opened the zip so that he could sit up .
39	They none of them said anything for a long time .
40	Nobody said anything for a moment , the two of them standing there , summing each other up .
41	We do n't say nothing for a long time .
42	Therefore you do n't say anything for a while , conceal it , perhaps even kid yourself that the pregnancy will go away if you do n't acknowledge it .
43	We did n't say anything for a while , I was leaning beside him against his bench watching him clean off the rust .
44	Brian did not say anything for a moment .
45	Blanche looked at Lancaster with a quizzical smile and did not say anything for a full ten seconds .
46	He did not say anything for a few moments and then he shrugged and gave a sharp laugh .