Example sentences of "[adj] and [verb] for [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Raise heat to very high and cook for 3–4 minutes , shaking pan . |
| 2 | We 've had four three-legged dogs over the years : Bless-her , who was born with a hind leg missing ; Belle whose front leg was amputated at seven weeks because of a ligament problem ; Tulley , a road accident victim who came to us at nine months old and fought for 18 months to keep his damaged front leg . |
| 3 | Membership is automatic if you are at least 16 years old and work for 30 hours or more per week . |
| 4 | You are eligible to join providing you are at least 16 years old and work for 15 hours or more per week . |
| 5 | As we know , the committee decided to ignore that last objective in 1991 and plumped for five countries , a decision which left those playing in France out in the cold . |
| 6 | On the other hand , in Joseph Hone 's W.B. Yeats , 1865–1939 ( 1942 , p.367 ) we read that the Yeatses went to Sicily in November 1924 and stayed for two months , ‘ the attraction there being , besides the sunlight , the presence of Ezra Pound on the island , and the Byzantine mosaics of Monreale and the Capella Palatina at Palermo ’ . |
| 7 | Mr Timms resigned but Mr Cooke denied he had been dishonest and stayed for two years until he was fired in August last year . |
| 8 | Grip lashes with the curlers as close to the roots as possible and hold for five seconds , then repeat halfway down the lashes . |
| 9 | She herself was detained in June 1986 and held for nineteen months . |
| 10 | IRA man Philip Manning ( 22 ) of Springfield Crescent , also Belfast , denied the charge but was found guilty and jailed for 14 years . |
| 11 | And we commence this morning with Lot number one Lot number one is showing to my right here , the ivory carving at fifty pounds at fifty pounds at fifty pounds you want it for fifty pounds , thank you sir , fifty I 've got now , fifty pounds is offered at fifty five at fifty five , sixty , sixty five seventy , seventy five eighty five ninety ninety pounds in the back row at ninety and selling for ninety pounds , any further bids at ninety pounds at ninety pounds . |
| 12 | At fif sixty , thank you , standing , for sixty , sixty five seventy pounds , seventy five eighty , eighty five ninety standing I 'm offered ninety pounds at the back standing , at ninety and selling for ninety pounds , you all finished , at ninety pounds . |
| 13 | Lot number one one four , Lot number one one four the kukri there 's the kukri showing Lot number one one four for sixty pounds , at sixty , sixty five pounds , at seventy , seventy five , eighty is offered eighty five , ninety I 'm offered ninety pounds , any more at ninety and selling for ninety pounds , if you 're all finished , at ninety pounds . |
| 14 | THERE were angry scenes outside Inverness Sheriff Court yesterday when a new age traveller was given no time to pay a £500 fine and jailed for 14 days . |
| 15 | In fact , immediately upon accepting the Treaty of Rome , the Benelux states agreed in substance in February 1959 to a new treaty of economic union , beginning in January 1960 and to last for 50 years , several years ahead of the Rome programme . |
| 16 | Sixty five seventy seventy pounds at the back standing at seventy and selling for seventy pounds . |
| 17 | 2 Roast the joint in the oven for 30 minutes , then reduce the temperature to 190C/375F/Gas 5 and cook for 15 minutes per 450g/1lb for rare beef , or 20 minutes per 450g/1lb for medium . |
| 18 | Preheat the oven to 180 C/350 F/Gas Mark 4 and cook for 30–45 minutes or until the potatoes are soft . |
| 19 | They are almost all rich old men , since most are appointed when in their fifties and do n't retire until they reach seventy-five : Lord Leverhulme was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire in 1949 and served for forty years . |
| 20 | Tell the King that you are concerned about the case of Mohamed Srifi , currently in Kenitra Central Prison , Casablanca , who was arrested in 1974 , tortured , brought to trial in 1977 and jailed for 30 years after a blatantly unfair trial . |
| 21 | Roast for 20 minutes , then reduce the temperature of the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6 and roast for 15 minutes per 450g/1lb . |
| 22 | Bake for 10 minutes , then reduce the heat to 200C/400F/Gas 6 and bake for 10 minutes . |
| 23 | There 's a simple , cost-effective alternative that 's freely available and guaranteed for 50 years . |
| 24 | In England , therefore , university starts at the age of 16 and lasts for five years . |
| 25 | Yasu , his grandson , succeeded in 1680 and reigned for twenty years , the last effective Emperor at Gondar . |
| 26 | The two-year course was introduced in 1844 and endured for 32 years . |
| 27 | The second layer antibody , biotinylatd goat anti-mouse IgG ( Vector Laboratories , Burlingame , CA , USA ) was applied at a dilution of 1:50 and incubated for two hours at room temperature . |
| 28 | He entered Edinburgh University in 1719 and studied for three years , though without taking a degree . |
| 29 | Miss Maynard , a maternity nurse said to be the best on a well-known agency 's list , was due to arrive at Hillmarden House on October 20th and stay for six weeks — a little longer than the usual period . |
| 30 | Of the Meikleour property the most successful lot was the outstanding pair of Louis XVI ormolu-mounted vases of Egyptian alabaster , made for the duc d'Aumont around 1770–75 and purchased for 13,801 livres at the celebrated Aumont sale in 1782 by Louis XVI . |