Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] for [art] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , one the " dose and move " system has operated for a few years this problem is unlikely to arise . |
| 2 | Lead levels from a system with lead piping are much higher in the first few pints that come from a tap that has been left turned off than after the water has run for a few minutes , as this flushes out much of the dissolved lead . |
| 3 | ‘ Donkey has waited for a few minutes . |
| 4 | I 'd hoped for a little money , at the very most , a thousand . |
| 5 | Zen 's barking background could only have been a big plus the day he found a newborn baby whose entire experience of life was going to be lying abandoned for a few hours by a creek near Plymouth . |
| 6 | They could easily have waited for a few days . ’ |
| 7 | The blow would have killed him instantly — at least , he might have lived for a few minutes in a technical sense , but he would have been unconscious and effectively dead . |
| 8 | If you work for between eight and 16 hours you will have to have worked for the same employer for at least five years to be eligible , and if you work for less than eight hours a week , you 'll lose these rights altogether . |
| 9 | Although aware he was an android , she had thought for a few seconds before removing her clothes . |
| 10 | ‘ I am not pregnant , nor do I suffer from anorexia , ’ she added frostily , ‘ I 'm trying to shake off an illness I 've had for a few months , that 's all . ’ |
| 11 | There were unpaid bills , receipts and invoices , all spread around the large dog-eared ledger that Fred had used for the past-few years . |
| 12 | I had the result this afternoon , but I 've known for a few weeks , really . |
| 13 | They 've they 've asked for a few changes to their older system , and this new one will give them all that they want , plus a load that they do n't want . |
| 14 | The CDU parliamentary group had accused Gies ( who had headed the CDU list but had not won a direct seat in the October 1990 Landtag election ) of obliging three other CDU delegates to resign after that election by alleging that they had worked for the former East German " Stasi " security police . |
| 15 | The process of forming a government was slowed by numerous allegations that as many as 10 per cent of new deputies had worked for the former Ministry of State Security police ( " Stasi " ) as active informants . |
| 16 | He had worked for the same firm for 16 years without working on a Sunday because of his objection to working on a Sunday and his wish to stay at home and then to go to church . |
| 17 | He had worked for the same engineering firm for thirty years and he had always set great store by the company pension . |
| 18 | Mums-to-be only have the right to return to their job if they 've worked for the same company for at least two years . |
| 19 | And the amount of statutory maternity pay to which they 're entitled also depends on how long they 've worked for the same employer . |
| 20 | This brought the number of District Geologists in Edinburgh up to 3 , a repetition of the situation which had existed for a few years in the 1920s . |
| 21 | The branch line had survived for a few years as a single line until its final demise . |
| 22 | After the action had lasted for a few minutes , County Inspector Meharg , through a loudhailer , ordered : ‘ The police will hold their hands , please . ’ |
| 23 | TWO blonde beauties in Prince Charles 's life have fallen for the same attraction . |
| 24 | Where time permits , leave the final draft of any report you have written for a few days and then read it again with fresh eyes . |
| 25 | South Africa have named for the same job , not a professional journalist , but Dr. Nick Labuschagne , a man who has just been ousted as President of the Natal Rugby Union . |
| 26 | A problem sometimes associated with salespeople who have worked for the same company for many years is that they rely on established customers to provide repeat orders rather than actively seeking new business . |
| 27 | At present , women only qualify for leave if they have worked for the same employer for two years ; five years for women who work less than 16 hours per week . |
| 28 | Other strange weaponry can be seen in the males of some kinds of beetles , and the antlers of deer have evolved for the same reason . |