Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [adv] for [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | She wore a very sparkly large diamond engagement ring and had done so for about a year . |
| 2 | It was hard to believe that Howarth had worked here for almost a year . |
| 3 | They had practised together for only an hour , yet it seemed like an eternity . |
| 4 | ‘ There — ’ Hope pointed towards Crosthwaite Church modestly huddled below ‘ — where saints have visited and so many have worshipped quietly for over a thousand years . ’ |
| 5 | and , and if she 's already scared of his temper and they 've not even lived together , well they have lived together for quite a while actually so I mean it 's not like they do n't know each other but once they 're married and they 've been married for a couple of years I reckon , and he starts thinking of her more as a possession sort of thing I can , I can really imagine |