Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [verb] for [art] [det] " in BNC.

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1 The 231 staff were re-employed indefinitely — at cost of £50,000 each — some doing less work for the same money .
2 In 1986 , when leading , he hit a four-iron into it , his confidence seemingly shattered for a few years after .
3 The group then reassembles for a few days to allow everyone to present their trial training session .
4 Travis had raised himself out of his despair to quip that she and his cousin both worked for the same firm , but the message that had come across to her from the dark steely look of Naylor Massingham was that that might be true now , but , since she had chosen not to heed his warning , one of them would not be working for the same firm for very much longer !
5 Neutron stars may produce more energy than the Sun soon after they form , when they are active as pulsars , but this phase of energetic activity only lasts for a few thousand years .
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