Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] for [num] [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | The patients with adenomatous polyps were assigned to one of four study groups using the random sampling quota technique allowing for 10 subjects in each study group . |
| 2 | It is certainly very unwise to use a form of contract designed for one jurisdiction in another , even though both have similar legal systems . |
| 3 | Then the gallery closes for three weeks in preparation for its major summer exhibition of new pictures by Anselm Kiefer . |
| 4 | The province can expect to see leading Danish players on the European team in Belfast , and the All England men 's doubles victory by Thomas Lund and Jon Holst-Christensen was the first European win for 10 years in that event . |
| 5 | All the same , the insurer has so far agreed to pay £8 million in compensation to investors , a significant pile of money even for a major company , and a nasty hit to take for one slip in its monitoring system . |
| 6 | We have job shared for two years in several senior house officer posts in different specialties as part of our own scheme for vocational training for general practice . |
| 7 | The Judge said , " You may not be hanged for your crime , you must be sentenced to seven years to his Majesty 's colonies in Virginia , where your bond will be purchased , and you will work as a purchaser directs for seven years in Virginia . " |
| 8 | ‘ Two men to get out of a van down there in a minute 's time and tell my father that Sean Walsh is a criminal wanted for six murders in Dublin and that he has to be handcuffed and out of there this instant . ’ |
| 9 | Dean 's body lay for four months in a lane 12 miles from the family home in Elmesthorpe , Leicestershire . |
| 10 | above general price increases for three years in succession . |
| 11 | On average a school pupil enrols for 2.2 modules in a year compared to 5.6 modules for an FE student . |
| 12 | ENGINEER Terry Higgins dropped himself right in it when he rescued a teenager trapped for three days in a freezing bog . |
| 13 | The yogurt keeps for six months in ambient conditions or two weeks — once opened — in a refrigerator . |
| 14 | A BRITON jailed for eight years in Iraq after being seized by border guards on the frontier with Kuwait has been named as Simon Dunn , 23 . |
| 15 | The shortest government ever was that of the great European federalist , Alcide de Gasperi , whose government lasted for twelve days in July 1953 . |
| 16 | The brother of a man jailed for seven years in Baghdad has offered to keep him company , or even change places . |
| 17 | The jury sat for 184 days in total , spread through a year and four days , the second longest criminal trial in English legal history . |
| 18 | According to the study Restaurant Chain Market in Europe fast food accounts for one meal in every 10 served in the UK . |
| 19 | King Cheops 's ship lay for 4600 years in a dry rock chamber kept it a stable temperature and humidity by massive limestone blocks above it . |
| 20 | As for the private sector , while BT may be happy to provide pump priming for five telecottages in the north of Scotland , it is not about to bankroll a nationwide network . |
| 21 | The mission remained for six years in Abyssinia and after its return to Portugal the chaplain , Francisco Alvares , wrote his famous account of the country , A true relation of the lands of the Prester John . |
| 22 | The tribe danced for three days in the hope that the Great Spirits would send them rain . |