Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [adv prt] for [det] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | This movement , which went on for some time , gave Franca ( and Ludens agreed with her later ) the sense that Marcus was actually creating Patrick . |
| 2 | Then began a remarkable conversation which went on for some time ; it was getting on for five when she left . |
| 3 | Well , they jogged along for some time but , as you might care to imagine , there had to come a moment when the legs had reached the top of the tree , everyone could see everything and therefore the game had finished . |
| 4 | He paced about for some time , looking agitated . |
| 5 | It was a quite hard movement , dragging the flesh this way and that , and it went on for some time , perhaps ten minutes . |
| 6 | Charles reappeared , after half an hour 's absence , and threw himself into an armchair , where he lay back for some time with his eyes shut . |