Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] a [adj] [noun pl] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Phillips Auctioneers in Oxford is working with other branches throughout Britain to raise up to a million pounds for local charities in the ITV Telethon '92 . |
| 2 | The Burleigh group set off from London on Friday morning and they 're hoping their efforts have raised up to a million pounds for the 2 hospitals . |
| 3 | The fund will provide grants for up to a thousand pounds for these organisations to spend on such training . |
| 4 | It will also replace a rotten back door , under a scheme with the local district council which offers grants of up to a thousand pounds for such work for elderly people in the town . |
| 5 | The parents can now be fined up to a thousand pounds for the children , because they have n't carried out the instructions of the court . |
| 6 | Some scientists believe that it can take up to a thousand years for virgin forest to be truly established . |
| 7 | The busiest time is in summer , with up to a thousand covers for three meals a day , seven days a week , which means recruiting up to 20 extra staff . |
| 8 | On past trips to Japan and Saudi Arabia Philip Somerville created up to a dozen hats for her . |
| 9 | I 'll be back in a few minutes for our little talk . ’ |