Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] for [num] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The Adventists have an agreement with the Town Hall to give each woman 100 pounds weight of donated US foods monthly , in exchange for three days ' municipal work a week . ’ |
| 2 | Roderick Newall , who has been held in Gibraltar since being arrested at sea last August , was kept in hospital for three hours ' observation before being returned to prison . |
| 3 | I went to university for five years ' study . |
| 4 | She flew up to Nashville for two weeks ' work and called Dennis from her hotel room exactly eight days after their wedding . |
| 5 | The cost of employing the consultant — up to £1000 for five days ' work — is split between the bank and the company . |
| 6 | Prices ( including flights ) based on the Taj Holiday Village where I stayed my first week start at £566 per person for seven days ' bed and breakfast ( £738 for fourteen days ) . |
| 7 | At the Lincoln parliament of 1316 , with Lancaster at the head of the council , a campaign in Scotland was planned and the proposal to levy one man from each vill was revived , with the vill responsible for wages for sixty days ' service . |
| 8 | I applied to join the Royal Air Force and ended up in the Pay Corps , stationed initially at Devizes for three months ' square-bashing . |
| 9 | Twenty one Welsh MPs have tabled a Commons motion protesting at the appointment of his secretary , Carolyn Jones , to a two-year job as a member of South Glamorgan Health Authority worth £5,000a-year for two days ' a month work . |