Example sentences of "it for [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | When one day I tidied up and cleared out this cupboard , I realised that I had ignored everything in it for over a year . |
| 2 | Michael had a nice fiddle going , and he 's been at it for over a year now . |
| 3 | You have n't owned it for over a year . |
| 4 | After instruction in the regulations of the ‘ prison ’ the volunteers were placed in it for nearly a week , and their reactions and behaviour observed . |
| 5 | Moyer spoke in support of it for almost an hour . |
| 6 | I lose count of the lengths ; she 's at it for almost an hour , with her mind as empty as she can make it . |
| 7 | We delayed it for only a moment or two , remembering the fluffy chick waiting below for its supper of regurgitated fish . |
| 8 | He took it , but held it for only a moment . |
| 9 | Even if you think you 're only h leaving it for only a minute . |
| 10 | By any reckoning , the path into the future is exceptionally perilous and uncertain for this generation , and political sociology , I fear , can at best illumine it for only a relatively short distance ahead . |
| 11 | Indeed on being presented with a picture , pupils may look at it for only a very short time and give only the most cursory replies when questioned about various features . |
| 12 | It is a surprising answer , and we have known and understood it for only a century or so . |
| 13 | I stuck it for about a year and then moved on to another , slightly better hotel to do the same thing for marginally more money . |
| 14 | Erm he 's had it for about a week and a half now . |
| 15 | So you do n't finish up with a battery that as soon as you 've used it for about a minute , that 's it ca n't get any more |
| 16 | I mean when I moved I had stuff in here before the upstairs was used , I had it for about a year or so , before I opened it up . |
| 17 | Food is not only essential but can also be an exciting part of the afternoon 's entertainment , and most people arrange it for about an hour after the first children arrive . |
| 18 | For my hands were not together — They were holding another hand — I felt the weight and the warmth of it for quite a long time … |
| 19 | Even after sitting and playing it for quite a while , I did n't find myself warming to it , and believe me , I wanted to . |
| 20 | He was at it for quite a while . |
| 21 | Oh , making it for quite a while |
| 22 | Erm , and I have no side effects to it , I 've been on it for quite a long while . |
| 23 | But there were men in it for quite a while , I was wondering when that kind of faded out . |
| 24 | He 's been doing it for quite a while now has n't he ? |
| 25 | but this diet is the one that Shelly , she lost quite a lot and Jill went on it for quite a while |
| 26 | they sold it for quite a bit of money and |
| 27 | if it 's here it 's not much point leaving it for once a year . |