Example sentences of "and [verb] [pers pn] [verb] for [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've bought all sorts really , but normally in the first week or two of getting paid , I 'd buy a gram or whatever and make it last for four or five days , so I 'd sort of have a quarter a day out of it . |
| 2 | Put in the monkfish slices and let them poach for 3–4 minutes , until cooked through . |
| 3 | Rub the fish on both sides with the salt and let it stand for 20 minutes . |
| 4 | I had a visitors ' visa , renewed annually but I simply forgot and let it go for two months . |
| 5 | Bring it to the boil and let it simmer for 5 minutes . |
| 6 | But you do not call an ecumenical Council and keep it going for four years at vast expense in order principally to repeat what is already well known to be the teaching of the Church . |
| 7 | No sooner did he reach York than he resurrected the York Quarterly and kept it going for five years and nineteen numbers , with the arms of the see on the outer cover , and underneath , ‘ Editor : the Archbishop of York ’ . |
| 8 | And do you think for one minute they care a damn about you ? |
| 9 | You 'll have to stump up at least £2,500 for the bond and leave it invested for five years . |
| 10 | IF you only need lemon or orange juice in a recipe and not the rind , pour boiling water over the fruit and leave it to stand for 5 minutes to release the maximum amount of juice . |
| 11 | and help us care for 6000 years of history |
| 12 | and help us care for 6000 years of history |