Example sentences of "[noun sg] for a [adj] [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some antelopes have been recorded fleeing at 42 miles an hour for a mile , or 35 miles an hour for 4 miles , and deer have been able to sustain 30 miles an hour for an astonishing 20 miles . |
| 2 | There 's also more support for an extra 40 police to bring the Gloucestershire force up to strength . |
| 3 | They held each other 's look for a long five seconds . |
| 4 | Coronation Street began in 1960 but , as any fule kno , it did n't catch its stride for a good ten years . |
| 5 | Pat Kennedy and Gordon Brailsford , regulars at the Arsenal Tavern , have supported the club for a combined 80 years and believe a swoop for Wimbledon pair Robbie Earle and Warren Barton is the answer . |
| 6 | Crime levels in County Durham hit an all-time high last year , but the police force is still waiting to hear if their Home Office bid for an extra 20 officers will be successful . |
| 7 | He was sure it would work for him and his doggedness was rewarded , when , after using the new tool for a mere six months , he retained his Ryder Cup place and ended the 1989 season in 11th place on the money list with more than £188,000 . |
| 8 | The US Big Six have been noticeably slow to take action against the ‘ litigation epidemic ’ that has been threatening the stability of their business for a good two years . |
| 9 | She does n't do anything special to look after the distinctive voice which has kept her in the music business for an astonishing 33 years . |
| 10 | Over a period of eight years , Reagan visited 135 plants in more than forty states , met 250,000 people and stood before a microphone for an estimated 250,000 minutes . |
| 11 | Last summer — and 11 years on — on a tricky surface at Headingley and at a crucial time , he played his greatest Test innings , carrying his bat for an extraordinary 7½ hours making an unbeaten 154 . |
| 12 | Last summer — and 11 years on — on a tricky surface at Headingley and at a crucial time , he played his greatest Test innings , carrying his bat for an extraordinary 7½ hours making an unbeaten 154 . |
| 13 | A notable event in the year was the re-introduction of an advanced course in Physics , which offers students the option of studying both Physics and Chemistry for a full two years , thereby enabling our BSc Honours graduates with degrees in Biology or Biochemistry and Education to teach all of the three major science subjects in their subsequent careers as secondary school teachers . |
| 14 | On the other hand , I sat in my New York hotel room for a good five hours ' Bloomingdale-spending time watching Sex Lies and Videotape , The Fabulous Baker Boys and Sea of Love without so much as moving to the fridge to flex a buttock muscle of my own . |
| 15 | Larger leaves like these are best left completely submerged in cold water for a good six hours before being used in arrangements . |
| 16 | is holding a contract of service for a specified three months or less |
| 17 | The expansion will see the company step up its demand for an additional 200,000 tonnes of commercially-grown timber per year . |
| 18 | Normally it is of the second magnitude , just about equal to the Pole Star , but every 2½ days it gives a long , slow wink , taking four hours to fade down below the third magnitude and remaining at minimum for a mere 20 minutes before starting to recover — after which nothing more happens for the next 2½ days . |
| 19 | Incidentals were a quadrupling of salaries and the extension for an extra three years , until 1996 , of the terms of the 84 Taiwan-elected members . |
| 20 | Finally , one of the doctors who had been advising him prescribed complete rest of the voice for a full two weeks before his next recital . |
| 21 | I was in bed for a straight seven days . |
| 22 | Touched by her husband 's bringing her coffee Frau Nordern was in a good humour , dismissing her own worries about the accident as mere alarmism stoked by Bodo , and tempering her authoritarian ways by letting Paul stay in bed for an extra fifteen minutes instead of , as usual , rousing him in the manner of a sergeant in charge of a penal battalion . |
| 23 | I am considering the police authority 's application for an additional 24 police posts for 1992-93 . |
| 24 | The new hall will provide residential accommodation for an extra 100 students on the campus in study bedrooms with en suite facilities , a warden 's flat and facilities for the disabled . |
| 25 | Davis agreed to go up to 200 guineas , and in the event secured the unseen yearling for a mere 160 guineas . |
| 26 | She fought him tooth and nail for a good 20 minutes , screaming at the top of her voice , until he eventually beat her senseless and killed her . |
| 27 | The offer , from ABC , came shortly after the last episode was screened and would have required him to make twenty-four programmes a year for a possible five years . |
| 28 | The Conservatives point to the cash provided this year for an extra thousand police officers as evidence of their commitment to tackling the problem . |
| 29 | Sony will pay Streisand about £1.2 million a year for an estimated 10 years to develop projects through her film company . |
| 30 | On Oct. 29 Walesa proposed that he should himself serve as both President and Prime Minister for a guaranteed two years . |