Example sentences of "[verb] it for the [num ord] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If a child has it for the first ten years hardly anything else matters . |
| 2 | Well Mr never been before at least I 've done it for the first few years that I was there . |
| 3 | There Rowicki created the Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra , building it from scratch and directing it for the next five years . |
| 4 | The BBC 's film review programme is 21 years old today — and Barry , 59 , has been presenting it for the last 20 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Dozzell said : ‘ I thought about wearing it for the last few minutes , but I did n't think it would go down too well . |
| 7 | She was to keep it for the next three and a half years . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Well , can I propose we try it for the next three meetings , and |
| 10 | They scarcely left it for the next two weeks , their passion putting her dreams to shame . |
| 11 | I 've managed it for the last four years , have n't I ? ’ |