Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] for the [num ord] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Pat Nevin , our other scorer , has not been able to train properly for the last five weeks because of an ankle problem . ’ |
| 2 | When the gravel was exposed , a stream of clean water flowed from it and continued to do so for the next 7 days . |
| 3 | What I 'd like you to do just for the last ten minutes is to think of a member of staff you have who has a training need and think about how you will go about training them and the methods that you will use . |
| 4 | His descendants were to live here for the next 120 years . |
| 5 | ‘ I 've got to lie here for the next twelve hours without moving with an ice-pack over half my face because you walked out and left me to the mercy of a predatory pit-popsy ! ’ |
| 6 | Also in that cast was a young John Robertson Hare [ q.v. ] , and the team of Walls , Hare , and Lynn was thus created , one which was to stay together for the next eleven years . |
| 7 | The last ten minutes of the journey were so exciting , I just could n't wait to plonk my feet in a nice bowl of water , then we reached the village we were to stay in for the next three weeks . |
| 8 | A curt note arrived shortly afterwards from Mauve , telling him to stay away for the next two months . |
| 9 | When the goslings hatch , they will recognize the first moving object they see as the creature to follow around for the next few weeks . |