Example sentences of "have [verb] for a [noun] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | He seeks more time and he has asked for a year or more . |
| 2 | Sometimes he would have to wait for an hour or more before he could find someone to carry him to the Collector 's side . |
| 3 | Lisa would just have to cope for an hour or two . |
| 4 | Seven or eight had died in hospital , yes , and some of those would have lingered for a day or two ; fair enough or even blond genug , as the Army usually put it . |
| 5 | Well , there was a time when it was a bolt from the blue , yes , I mean I 've known for a week or two , but we were delighted to receive it , er we do n't er , it is something that we said months ago that we supported the N H S Lottery because we do feel that money can be raised in this way painlessly towards particularly research and the sorts of things that the N H S on the whole has never really supported fully . |
| 6 | And at Old Trafford yesterday , Cantona denied that he had asked for a transfer or that his working relationship with Wilkinson had suffered any breakdown . |
| 7 | She stared at him defiantly , and after he had ranted for a minute or so , the chief superintendent felt vaguely ridiculous so he lowered his frame into a cowering chair , and resumed the final polish of his palms . |
| 8 | But your difficulty , surely , is that even if sanctions had worked for a year or even two years , you would still be left with that formidable monster of a regime … |
| 9 | Mrs Di Brown , a former secretary of Yarm Conservatives who now lives in Abbey Road , Darlington , said she felt sorry for people who had waited for an hour or more . |
| 10 | If you have applied for a grant or scholarship and are awaiting the outcome , give the name and address of the body to whom application has been made , and the amount and period applied for . |