Example sentences of "[adj] of [pron] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is an inadequate answer , given that more than a year ago there was a severe weather crisis throughout the country , especially in the east midlands district where 2 million people were without supplies , some of them for a considerable period . |
| 2 | The ploughs and gritters do their best , of course , but it 's not at all uncommon for the elements to get the better of them for a little while . |
| 3 | My first stop was at the Halcyon Days stand where I found Mrs Benjamin with her husband ; she runs the wonderful Halcyon Days shop in Brook Street , which is such a godsend to so many of us for an attractive last-minute present . |
| 4 | There was sand everywhere between the knee-high crags , so I climbed on one of them for a better view . |
| 5 | I have n't seen one of them for a long time |
| 6 | I have n't had one of them for a long time . |
| 7 | Could do with one of them for a long time , could n't I ? |
| 8 | Lisa had one of them for a little while . |
| 9 | ‘ It has two rooms and she is willing to let your client move into one of them for a short period . |
| 10 | ‘ I have n't done any of them for a long time . |
| 11 | Er Lot number three Lot number three the Canton trays there we are there we 've got a sample showing for you Lot number three , there are seven of them in the Lot all seven of them for a hundred and fifty pounds at one hundred and fifty , sixty , seventy , one eighty , one ninety , two hundred , two twenty , forty , sixty two eighty I 'm offered two hundred and eighty pounds you 're on three hundred for you sir three hun three twenty three fifty , three eighty go to four hundred four twenty four fifty four eighty five hundred and fifty and you bet against you both now five hundred and fifty is offered against you both now , five fifty five hundred and fifty pounds . |
| 12 | Further inquiries , by the CIA , had established that these digital electric timers were prototypes , unique to Meister et Bollier of Zurich , who had made 20 of them for a Libyan intelligence organization in 1985 . |