Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] for [det] an [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But erm after I 'd choked for half an hour she went to sleep I eventually went back to sleep again and |
| 2 | When the big wigs arrived , however , they were barely acknowledged by a dour receptionist , told to sit in a grubby waiting area strewn with cigarette ends and empty coffee cups , and kept waiting for half an hour without either apology or explanation . |
| 3 | The constitution had provided for such an alternative — the Cabinet Council in which ministers met without the president under the chairmanship of the prime minister . |
| 4 | I had fished for half an hour when I felt the line tighten . |
| 5 | All the day before , she had waited for half an hour to go off walking by herself and it had never come . |