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 ? ’
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