Example sentences of "only for two " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the eighth wicket went down England were still nine behind , only for two unlikely heroes to emerge . |
| 2 | The mothers were given milk-with-soya to drink for two days or soya only for two days — there was an interval of two , four or six days between the milk challenges . |
| 3 | The programme would have captured the imagination of TAMZIN DAVIS , 14 , if she 'd stumbled upon it while tuning her radio — but only for two minutes . |
| 4 | It had just one room up and one down , big enough only for two people to live in . |
| 5 | It is rare for companies to have formal arrangements for finding work for the spouse of a relocated employee especially as a typical posting to the UK is only for two or three years . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , yes , ’ said the comfortable border voice , pondering , ‘ I can give you a single room , but only for two nights , I 'm afraid . |
| 7 | Both the bottom-up and top-down methods used by analysts usually provide growth forecasts only for two years ahead . |
| 8 | Millions visit Czechoslovakia every year but only for two or three days at a time as services are poor . |