Example sentences of "for the [num ord] [noun sg] or [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Relatively little could be done for the first year or two ; Pitt had a view of the war that stretched over the whole world , but it took some time to prepare the resources to give effect to this vision . |
| 2 | Lyndon Johnson 's searing complaints against the British have been much quoted , yet for the first year or two the president was not insensitive to the political realities in London . |
| 3 | In fact , for the first year or two she 'd expected to hear from him , asking for a divorce so that he could marry Marissa , who had , apparently , followed him to Sydney . |
| 4 | Those who have become used to low-fibre food may suffer from a little flatulence for the first week or two . |
| 5 | The bantering tone remained in Surere 's voice but he added edge to it for the last word or two . |
| 6 | But for the last week or two he 's had to use a bigger bag . |
| 7 | That should keep those American chaps busy … for the next decade or two ! |
| 8 | We have to think a hundred years ahead , not just for the next year or two . |
| 9 | For the next year or two Cromwell and his army were involved in the conquest of Scotland , and by May 1653 the Republic had more power to make itself obeyed over the whole of the British Isles than any monarch had ever had . |
| 10 | Then for the next year or two they do less well , suffering a declining budget . |
| 11 | For the next hour or two , Mr Handford tried to rectify the fault in the chilly darkness , but as it proved impossible , he decided to wait until daylight and to get some sleep meanwhile . |
| 12 | Maxie went on : ‘ Y ’ see , everyone who was at the tea will keep reading the social pages for the next day or two to see that their names are in the report of it ; and , with luck , inside that time , on the same pages there 'll be a report about your Morals Committee — then they 'll know why you had the books , and old Miss Angus will be put in her place . |
| 13 | ‘ Well , ’ said Ratagan , ‘ for the next day or two it seems hardly likely that I will be wetting my throat at all , so perhaps it is just as well I indulged in a draught or three last night . ’ |
| 14 | For the next month or two we 'll be giving Cliff a bit of a rest . |
| 15 | ‘ We will want to monitor her health for the next month or two at least before letting her return to England . ’ |
| 16 | Of course we will be affected by the weather for the next month or two , as chain saws in particular are dangerous in wet weather . |
| 17 | Well that 's potentially , er no decision 's been made as yet to review that budgeting exercise and I think erm that 's likely to be the position for the next month or two erm so I would expect them to , to be doing their overtime levels as , as they currently are . |
| 18 | For the next week or two there would be work enough for the rivermen , and they would shoulder their way into the dining rooms during the coming days for mugs of steaming tea and coffee , thick bacon sandwiches and thick slices of new bread liberally coated with dripping . |
| 19 | When they had finished unloading , Therese said , ‘ My coco , I shall be helping Loulou for the next week or two , I do n't like leaving him much when he 's working on those big things . |
| 20 | You 'd think he 'd have told you he would n't be around for the next week or two . |
| 21 | I remember when my school opened , or just before it did , erm I got the staff together for a conference for a day , and got another East Sussex Head , James Quinn , who came along and talked to them , and one of the things he said was now for the next week or two , whatever John Werner says goes . |