Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pron] for [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fate had parted them for ever , but she would never know any other man in the way she had known Tyler . |
| 2 | These are moderate to severe pain relievers , but numerous instances were cited in the interviews where GPs had prescribed them for relatively minor ailments , some of which were fictitious , such as headaches , backache and arthritis . |
| 3 | ‘ Have n't you punished me for long enough ? |
| 4 | This predicament forced him to examine his goals and to make one last push for the success which had eluded him for so long . |
| 5 | That weeping was his weeping ; the grief that had overwhelmed him for so long . |
| 6 | It still thinks that by interfering and pouring on more layers of bureaucracy and government it will achieve something that has eluded it for so long and will continue to elude it if it takes that path . |
| 7 | You have n't owned it for over a year . |
| 8 | He was sitting on the floor with his legs crossed , and had said nothing for over an hour . |
| 9 | I had not seen them for over two years . |
| 10 | One doctor summed up the change : ‘ We 've actually seen them for once ; they 've been out here visiting just to make sure that we are aware of their potential services . ’ |
| 11 | We had n't seen them for more than eight years , as they had lived in Florida before moving to Corfu . |
| 12 | So mm it were just a case of a flying visit cos we 've not seen you for nearly twelve months . |
| 13 | ‘ I had not seen you for over six months , ma'am , it was merely surprise that you have lost a little colour … ’ |
| 14 | to do an E C G on this man , well I had n't done one for quite a while and I 'd forgot really , not forgot what to do but I 'm not very familiar with the E C G machines because it 's a new electronic machine and its |
| 15 | Even that proved not enough to save her ; less than a year after her father 's passing , she finally succumbed to the illness which had beset her for so long , and was laid to rest at St John 's . |
| 16 | His arms around her , he began so gently that although McAllister was already feeling stifled , and the fear of men which had beset her for so long had begun to tighten its grip on her , she not only allowed him to kiss and fondle her face and neck , but let him undo her hair , so that it tumbled about her shoulders , as magnificent in its abandon as he had imagined it in the long nights when he had been unable to sleep . |
| 17 | Quite plainly , having so recently finished the work that had absorbed him for almost two years , he was not yet back in the habit of eating lunch at a regular hour . |
| 18 | I have n't seen him for simply ages , have you ? ’ |
| 19 | She had n't seen him for nearly three months and she was struck anew by his good looks . |
| 20 | I 'm not very good with people and , even though Eric is my brother , I have n't seen him for over two years , since he went crazy . |
| 21 | Have n't seen him for about two weeks . |
| 22 | Dalgliesh had n't seen him for more than ten years when he had been a newly appointed inspector in the Metropolitan CID and was surprised to see how little he had changed ; time , marriage , removal from London , promotion , had left no apparent mark on him . |
| 23 | I have n't seen him for so long . |
| 24 | She had n't seen him for almost five years and yet — less than twenty-four hours later — she 'd been not only happily returning his kisses , but also moaning with pleasure at the feel of his hands on her body . |
| 25 | Lori seemed to shudder right through to her very bones ; then it was as if she had shaken off a darkness that had possessed her for too long . |
| 26 | I did n't notice at first ; I saw her walking down the street in front of me , and without any hesitation I knew who it was — I had n't seen her for over a year , she had cut her hair off short and was wearing a dress , but I knew . |
| 27 | I had n't seen her since when we were on remand , and then we both got sentenced and got sent to different prisons , so I had n't seen her for nearly a year . |
| 28 | I 'd not seen her for quite some time , you know . |
| 29 | Margaret she 's coming to this do we 're going to , I have n't seen her for about forty years . |
| 30 | I ai n't seen her for about two months . |