Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] for a [adj -er] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The representatives from abroad were not expected for a further two or three days , but the three gentlemen referred to by his lordship as his ‘ home team ’ — two Foreign Office ministers attending very much ‘ off the record ’ and Sir David Cardinal — had come early to prepare the ground as thoroughly as possible . |
| 2 | Abu was absent , and would not reappear for a further thirty-six hours , so we had time to watch the painful disintegration of the space-arc village and the departure of lines of subdued barefoot guests , laden with meat and buffalo horns . |
| 3 | Preincubation was usually continued for a further 10 minutes , and then agonists were added to the suspensions and the change in cyclic AMP content recorded at intervals over the following 30 minutes . |
| 4 | Add the chopped , de-seeded peppers and chilli and the sliced mushrooms , then cook for a further 5 minutes . |
| 5 | After two days , Beattie 's trial was adjourned for eighteen days and then resumed for a further three days . |