Example sentences of "for [num] [noun] [coord] so [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Elsie and Simon had been married for six years or so when she disappeared . |
| 2 | Very often I sit in my chair for ten minutes or so as soon as I arrive at the water , just relaxing and taking in everything around me , appreciating my surroundings and thinking about what I am going to do . |
| 3 | Lydia had been with them now for ten years or so and still persisted in calling her ‘ missus ’ . |
| 4 | Nails took his usual Ford Escort that night from the parking lot outside the gasworks where the night shift was working , the one he had a key for , and he and Gary went for a drive round the back streets where they would n't meet a patrol car , out into the country for ten miles or so and back again . |
| 5 | Carey checked it , then dragged back on the rod and took up the slack , working that way for five minutes or so before he beached the fish . |
| 6 | Psychoanalysts themselves undergo five sessions of analysis a week for five years or so before they can practise . |
| 7 | Forbes thus had to wait for fifteen years or so before the coveted post came up ; during this time Jameson sometimes teetered but always recovered , and his courses and museum fell behind the times . |
| 8 | for fifteen years or so and rusted solid , |
| 9 | Put the filling into the pre-baked pastry case and bake at 350°F ( 180°C ) gas mark 4 for 20 min or so until it is hot and just set . |