Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [adv] for [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mention this now to Gordon and he chuckles : ‘ I went specially for that shot . |
| 2 | I agree it 's hard to distinguish between our footprints but this stain , this wetness , shows someone stood here for some time , their cloak and boots heavy with snow . |
| 3 | But latterly I 've been here very little ; in fact it must be at least fifteen years since I stayed here for any length of time … |
| 4 | I stayed there for some time and looked at the castle , and then I walked on through the forest for about an hour . |
| 5 | I know he asked me to stay but I wanted more for some reason . ’ |
| 6 | She posed carefully for each exposure . |
| 7 | She stayed there for some time , the heavy depression that had been weighing her down ever since Marianne had appeared in her room soothed a little by the gentle singing of the river . |
| 8 | The ninth bomber came out of a lightening sky at six o'clock exactly , and though she sat there for another hour , it was the last . |
| 9 | And er , we stopped there for some time and nothing happened and me dad says Gil ! |
| 10 | This was indeed what was sought by the IS team in the first place , and was a concept to which they clung tenaciously for some time . |
| 11 | Billie could see their closeness when Adam let her out , saw that they cared deeply for each other . |
| 12 | And it left boss Graham Taylor saying : ‘ This was no fluke and they worked hard for each other . |
| 13 | He worked contentedly for some time and was deep in the intricacies of a genealogy when the telephone rang . |
| 14 | He had also for some reason tried to mask part of his window . |
| 15 | He remained there for some time . |