Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] for [adv] a " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | It was not until the bombing had been going on for almost a week that the Iraqi foreign minister issued a protest . |
| 2 | Efforts to find a suitable site for the Vintage & Rotary Wing Collection , with workshops in Stoke-on-Trent , have been going on for quite a while , but the reaction has always been negative — we even had the comment that ‘ We do n't want an aircraft scrapyard here ! ’ |
| 3 | Going away for just a day before Christmas to visit a friend or relative , just to let Alan Markby and Laura Danby know that she did have someone else , would bolster her morale . |
| 4 | The Davidsons ' publicist Clifford Elson said last night : ‘ Jim 's going away for quite a while over Christmas which will give the situation a chance to defuse . |
| 5 | It 's been lying up for about a year and a half |
| 6 | I 've been using both for over a year now and the best I 've been able to get is a ratio of 1.8 to 1 . |
| 7 | The first person soon flew gracefully to the bottom of the hill , staying up for over a minute . |
| 8 | We have , we have had that form kicking around for quite a long time and it 's never really been |
| 9 | After circling and playing together for probably a minute , the fins had lazily disappeared and Yanto had gone home a mystified man . |
| 10 | They will be standing up for quite a long time . |
| 11 | And er he said it had been standing there for quite a while . |
| 12 | They 've been sitting there for over a week |
| 13 | And he wo n't be sleeping again for quite a time . " |