Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] for the [num ord] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Although a total prohibition exists for the third category above , special circumstances may exist for the first two services .
2 As soon as the passport came through , Coleman should wait for the first convenient lull in the fighting in Beirut and then leave immediately .
3 The time set for one of the days is midnight , but it is not clear how long the Committee might sit for the first six days .
4 If you could find me a garret somewhere near you , where I could live for the next three months , I could finish it , and perhaps get it Published .
5 They returned to the room where she explained about Philpott 's heart attack and his subsequent convalescence at the Bellevue Hospital where he would remain for the next few days .
6 The two suitcases represented everything she thought she would need for the next seven months at the Hamiltons ' , and it seemed like an odd way to be taking what might be a big step in her life .
7 In this respect , San Francisco 's version of the exhibition gains from the proximity of ‘ Collection ’ , that important triptych of paint and collaged material belonging to the museum , in which Rauschenberg rehearsed the full range of the combined techniques which he would employ for the next ten years .
8 They had food in their saddlebags for two days , and the pack mules carried grain and hay for the horses , there being little forage in the hills the patrol would traverse for the first two days .
9 Ejecting a few birds we inspected the inside of the crude habitation where the men would live for the next ten days or more .
10 Active or REM sleep onset will persist for the first twelve months of life in normal infants .
11 Our fascinating day among the gentle giants is completed by a drive down to Los Angeles where we will stay for the next two nights in the Anaheim area of the city .
12 A general election last Thursday would have settled once and for all the political policies that the country will follow for the next few years .
13 The Department of Industry will pay for the first three years , but after that expects FABMS to pay for itself .
14 This routine will last for the next twelve weeks .
15 The erm main issue that are not reinforced that we are trying to determine an overall strategy that will last for the next ten or fifteen years .
16 Oi think of a project for me that I can do for the next seven weeks .
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