Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [adv prt] for [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No Singapore on the way back , did n't get off the plane though , I mean they only re-fuel , your only allowed off for about half an hour . |
| 2 | Having just shelled out for yet another year 's subscription to fabbo Guitarist magazine , I was raisy-eyebrowed to see under ‘ Postscript ’ in September 's issue : ‘ … will not only win that automatic free year 's Letter of the Month subscription … blah , blah , blah , blah … ’ |
| 3 | But we usually go out for about three weeks at a time then have a break of about one week to allow everybody to go home to their families , because we think that is absolutely vital ! ’ |
| 4 | The needles are usually left in for about 15 minutes and are vibrated at intervals to achieve the required effect . |
| 5 | He said he would probably stay on for about two years after the tunnel opens for passenger traffic , probably next summer , and would then take a very long holiday . |
| 6 | Barings nearly want down for over twenty million . |
| 7 | Most reckon that , with the holding in Hanson 's balance sheet as a fixed asset , Lord Hanson will probably hold on for maybe 18 months before placing it with an alternative international predator . |
| 8 | Black people can be denied eligibility by rules which were originally drawn up for completely different purposes ; property let to ethnic minorities tends to be of lower quality than that allocated to the white population ; and black families , which tend to be larger , may not find council accommodation which is large enough for their needs ( Brown , 1984 ) . |
| 9 | We started dating and eventually went out for about three years . |
| 10 | On an afternoon in late February they climbed to the great Iron Age hill-fort at Dowsborough , from where they looked down on ‘ a magnificent scene , curiously spread out for even minute inspection ’ ; and on other occasions they watched from the hills as the effects of the weather unfolded over the landscape below . |
| 11 | ‘ I left college in ‘ 76 , and subsequently hustled around for about four months working for various people , before I heard of a second assistant 's job coming up with David Thorpe . |