Example sentences of "[det] for [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nobody said anything after that for quite a long time . |
| 2 | but there was no parties after that for quite a long time . |
| 3 | And have you been taking that for quite a while ? |
| 4 | And I carried on doing that for quite a number of years and I managed to be voted onto the Edinburgh committee . |
| 5 | I 've had tremendous support in carrying them through , and had there not been this unforeseen event , I would certainly have been expecting to , and looking forward to , carrying on doing that for quite a considerable time , but I am sure that Kenneth Clarke will carry the same reforms forward with equal gusto . |
| 6 | On the other hand there 's a part of me that rejoices , that is glad he paid the way he did , that for once the world worked the way it 's supposed to , punishing the wrongdoer … and that saddens and sickens me too , because I think that this must be the way Andy feels all the time . |
| 7 | Even if we did something like jumble sale clearance , and get people 's old clothes , you could sell that for about a hundred pounds a ton . |
| 8 | And er we were on that for about an hour or so and then they got rid of the the badly injured were taken off then and put on the Therris it 's support vessel that was Just happened to be there at the time . |
| 9 | I must admit that for almost the first time I feel a stab of concern for him , a gesture of fellow regard . |
| 10 | The outcome of the strike and its immediate consequences was that for almost the first time many people , including politicians in the Republic , who had previously been unconvinced were now satisfied that the majority of people in Northern Ireland would not accept a united Ireland and wished to have another election before their future was again discussed . |
| 11 | This does not mean that they did not liaise with other services for almost ail clients , merely that for only a third of their clients did they obtain or increase the services of other providers . |
| 12 | He will recall that inflation never fell below 7.4 per cent. , and that for only a very brief period , while the Labour party was in Government . |
| 13 | And all of this for just a few pounds . |
| 14 | Frankly , I 'd respond more if a chap came up to me and said , ‘ Look here , we 've been doing this for rather a long time now and we find that this way seems to bring the best results . ’ ’ |
| 15 | Ploughing through this for almost an hour brought us well into the hillside and at length to where the rail bed rose out of the water and into the old engine room . |
| 16 | She put her hands against her face , thinking , ‘ I shall stand this for only a few seconds more , then I shall leave . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ This is the first time we 've had ones like this for quite a while . ’ |
| 18 | We remained like this for about a quarter of a minute . |
| 19 | At least four different subjects will be studied , some for two or three years , some for only a single year . |
| 20 | We have been using these for only a number of weeks now , but the response has been very encouraging . |
| 21 | It had 300 residential places ( and had had those for only a year ) . |
| 22 | This must be the ultimate beach resort in all of Greece — five miles of sand stretching away into the distance in either direction — more than enough for even the most demanding beach baby and relaxed enough so that you can always find a place to sunbathe however you want to . |
| 23 | We managed a cell on our own for over an hour . |