Example sentences of "this for the [num ord] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | The Americans countered by accepting this for the first ten years , but adding an extra M per cent interest , bringing the annual figure to £40 million for the remaining fifty-two years . |
2 | They forgot that mainframe developers have worked on this for the last 20 years . ’ |
3 | Riven wondered if it would be like this for the next six weeks , and wiped his nose , thinking of the dark girl barefoot in the snows . |
4 | Breathe like this for the next two minutes . |
5 | This is it , Middle Age , and it will go on like this for the next thirty-six years until , without any big deal , without even noticing probably , it will be Old Age and we 'll still be sitting here . |
6 | Bart Czirr and Gary Jensen worked on this for the next several months in between teaching duties as the new university year had now begun . |
7 | I 'll be keeping this for the next few days with me looking after it . |
8 | ‘ Are you going to treat me like this for the next ten years ? ’ |