Example sentences of "[verb] their [noun] for the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They 've been encouraging local authorities to tighten their belts for the last 14 years , ’ he protests . |
| 2 | Most people find it easy to drink large quantities of calorific drinks , sweet or alcoholic , without in any way lessening or delaying their appetite for the next meal — and these drinks , and sugar itself , are perhaps the ultimate example of fibre-free calories . |
| 3 | should now have received their list for the next two months . |
| 4 | Christies International , one of the world 's leading art auctioneers , yesterday revealed their profits for the last six months had been hammered by £1 million down to £2,112,000 . |
| 5 | Gooch and the England selectors meet in Manchester to choose their squad for the second Test at Lord 's , and Atherton 's place as Gooch 's opening partner is one of those up for discussion . |
| 6 | The visiting party , including an HMI in attendance , was horrified , dropped their agenda for the second day and went through the problems as they had perceived them with the management group and the Academic Board : |
| 7 | This year , as the locos dropped their fires for the last time , the cash bag totalled more than £1243.72 . |
| 8 | ‘ Those people — and thousands of them went through the proper procedure — will be contacted later this month and given the opportunity to purchase their tickets for the next home game . ’ |
| 9 | The Gulamalis received their rent for the first three months , then nothing for four months , and were told the computer was broken , the accounts were being moved , the cheque was in the post , and so on . |
| 10 | In the Third World new nations were flexing their muscles for the first time . |
| 11 | But just three days before the England selectors name their team for the second Test against Australia at Lord 's , Fletcher was not too concerned about Gower 's injury-enforced absence . |
| 12 | Most Bangladeshi mothers breastfed their babies for the first few weeks , switching to either combination or bottle feeding after this period . |
| 13 | On 25th May , while the German army raced ruthlessly across Belgium and the inhabitants of England watched their skies for the first signs of airborne invasion , the scientists in the Oxford Pathology Department performed a crucial experiment . |
| 14 | The resources are allocated periodically at a review meeting which is preceded by individual project leaders assessing their own progress and estimating their needs for the next period . |
| 15 | All creatures need sleep to replenish their energies for the next awakening . |
| 16 | The question is whether England reached their peak for the first 45 minutes of Hamilton or whether they have the resources of skill and spirit to play even better seven days later at Pukekohe . |
| 17 | Here , within three minutes , Mark Bailey had rounded their defence for the first of his side 's dozen tries . |
| 18 | Whatever enforced their absence for the last couple of years , it was n't an extensive search for a new musical direction . |
| 19 | Indeed , none of the candidates sitting their referral for the first time passed . |
| 20 | If a second insemination is required this is not free ( as with natural mating ) because a second straw has to be paid for , however many inseminators will not charge their expenses for the second visit . |
| 21 | Well they , they said at that meeting they 'd hoped to have their system for the next one which is the seventeenth October |
| 22 | ENGLAND 'S Colts emulated their seniors for the first time in three seasons at the Parc de Pugh in Brecon by toppling the Welsh Youth in no uncertain fashion . |
| 23 | After a heavily-publicised week on the slopes of Lech with their mother , the Princess of Wales , the princes are likely to join their father for the next part of their Easter holiday . |
| 24 | The only thing these artists have in common is their gallery of origin the Bachelier-Cardonsky of Kent , Connecticut , USA which has sent their work for the first time ever to Paris where it can be seen at Gianna Sistu for a month . |
| 25 | In every production there comes an awkward jerky stage when the cast abandon their books for the first time , but for The Hooded Owl it seemed to be going on longer than usual . |
| 26 | For many , the thought of leaving their parents for the first time left them subdued . |
| 27 | In the current market , availability of funds presents no problem for house purchase ; many fixed rate mortgages are on offer from a wide range of lending institutions enabling prospective purchasers to stabilise their out-goings for the next one to two years . |
| 28 | It was an astonishing performance in a first-rate production , and it led directly to her casting as Kitty MacVurrich in The Long Roads , McGrath 's TV film about a cancer-stricken Skye woman and her husband , visiting their children for the last time . |
| 29 | 28th August 1930 was a sad day , as the islanders closed their doors for the last time . |