Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] for the [num ord] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The debate will centre on alternative clauses : one outlawing all experiments on embryos from the moment of conception , the other ( the Warnock majority 's view ) allowing them for the first 14 days . |
| 2 | There 's some that are going up at the moment to this pond , they develop them for the next three years to spend their life in the fresh water feeding , and what we 're trying to do here is to see just how many there are in , in the river er as a total . |
| 3 | There was a period of incredibly intense excitement which , I think , probably sustained me for the next five or ten years . |
| 4 | He said , ‘ No , I have statements , I have witnesses and we 've been surveying you for the last four months . ’ |
| 5 | When the Zombie had finished his walk , a more permanent method of protecting her for the next four months would have to be found . |
| 6 | If a child has it for the first ten years hardly anything else matters . |
| 7 | You look at the skill you did n't know you had , put a label on it and think : ‘ Yes I do do that ’ , whereas when you first walk in you think you 've done nothing for the last 18 years . |
| 8 | Try and keep them dry , and take the painkillers we 'll give you for the first few days . |
| 9 | Security said they 'd send someone over right away , and she busied herself for the next few minutes with the half-dozen patients in the waiting area . |
| 10 | Well Mr never been before at least I 've done it for the first few years that I was there . |
| 11 | ‘ Women say to me they have n't done anything for the last ten years and it turns out they have had four children , run the PTA , served as parent governor , done charity work , organised a community activity and cared for aged parents . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I want to thank you for the last five minutes . ’ |
| 13 | Max joined me for the last nine of my eighteen-months ' stint in Sun City . |
| 14 | The tigress suckles them for the first six months , by which time they will weigh 100 lb ( 45 kg ) . |
| 15 | Certainly Jenny did not see him for the first few evenings she was at Moorlake . |
| 16 | This was discussed at length with Janet , after which it was agreed that the therapist would see her for the next 2 months at fortnightly intervals and that no more than one telephone call per week would be acceptable . |
| 17 | There Rowicki created the Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra , building it from scratch and directing it for the next five years . |
| 18 | The BBC 's film review programme is 21 years old today — and Barry , 59 , has been presenting it for the last 20 . |
| 19 | Teesdale District Council turned down an application for the sign on the ground of it contravening the town area local plan but the inspector said it was acceptable and allowed it for the next five years . |
| 20 | Years ago I used to think this was a fun sport but the reason for thinking this has escaped me for the last 2 weeks . |
| 21 | He continued to astound me for the next four years . |
| 22 | Dozzell said : ‘ I thought about wearing it for the last few minutes , but I did n't think it would go down too well . |
| 23 | In retrospect , it seemed that the Lord protected her for the first few days , and then … |
| 24 | Subconsciously he must have been expecting something like this : his first reaction was not surprise but an intensification of the dull misery which had enveloped him for the last 24 hours . |
| 25 | Rain watched her for the last few yards , noting how the morning 's cheerfulness had been replaced by anxiety . |
| 26 | She was to keep it for the next three and a half years . |
| 27 | But if we keep them for the next ten years they 're a a real bargain , if , if , if |
| 28 | The strong-smelling ‘ stewed ’ strips of blanket were hot , and as I wrung out the excess water , I needed tongs to hold them for the first few minutes . |
| 29 | At the beginning of this erm programme he admitted that we had an excellent education service in Oxfordshire , and he 's now , having taken no part in managing it for the last five years , he is now claiming that in fact it 's due to what happened before . |
| 30 | Well , can I propose we try it for the next three meetings , and |