Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By all means snoop into my answer machine and sit through 20 messages suggesting I travel on a coach to Grimsby to review a Jive Bunny concert . |
| 2 | I joined Dateline then and went out with one person I met for two years , but then I moved away with my work . |
| 3 | On average , we met for three hours every ten days , constantly revising , exchanging and criticising so that in the end we had both had a hand in everything . |
| 4 | We said nothing after that , except to nod goodbye when Tom got off two stops ahead of me . |
| 5 | Donna got off two shots before he crashed into her . |
| 6 | Trade incentives , one case free for every ten purchased in the in introductory period which we 've foreseen as four weeks . |
| 7 | Mix to a smooth dough , knead for 10 minutes , the cover with a damp cloth and leave for 1 hour . |
| 8 | Turn onto a floured surface and knead for 5 minutes until smooth . |
| 9 | A nearby stream was polluted for 1,000 metres and 20 fish died . |
| 10 | Ca n't think for one minutes if for instance was interested in a deal with that he , that er that he would n't , only just to have flick his fingers and would crap themselves |
| 11 | As it happened , this queen mother was the most remarkable and able of them all , and it is therefore something of an irony that she had to wait for twelve years , until 1554 , and stage a successful coup , before obtaining the place which earlier queen mothers had immediately enjoyed . |
| 12 | The answer I tend to get off a lot of places is that I have to wait for twelve years |
| 13 | He had to wait for fifteen minutes before he was admitted to the Agency 's annexe . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | It is not uncommon to wait for 5 hours for the result to be obtained . |
| 16 | After the concert she had to wait for four minutes before McCartney could rejoin her … while he accepted a standing ovation . |
| 17 | Aszal had all the documents required from a returning immigrant , but he was questioned for four hours and made to wait for four hours and then told he could go . |
| 18 | They also pointed to an incident during which a patient had to wait for four hours for an anaesthetist . |
| 19 | ‘ The only mistake we made was to wait for four years before trying to sort out our lives , ’ Julius replied in an unruffled tone . |
| 20 | We only had to wait for five minutes for the first boooooom … and a second … and a third . |
| 21 | We might well have to wait for six months before we found a prahu which was heading in the right direction . |
| 22 | The trouble was that after they were born , children had to wait for six years before they could be sent to school and forgotten for most of the day . |
| 23 | He says they told us to wait for two hours which we did then they told us to wait another hour and a half . |
| 24 | Those made redundant were to wait for 26 weeks before being entitled to unemployment benefit . |
| 25 | He says it is not acceptable to have to wait for 2 years . |
| 26 | We are not allowed to know just yet , for the London Underground rule book tells drivers to wait for 30 minutes before making an announcement , unless they 've received a message to the contrary from their controllers or there is some ‘ immediate threat to safety . ’ |
| 27 | Except that in my case there was no need to wait for seven years . |
| 28 | That is why I I I mentioned those mar , those remarks right at the beginning , God will never ever send another pentecost , the only people that God told to wait were those early disciples to wait in Jerusalem until the Holy Spirit came and they had to wait for ten days from the ascension of Jesus until the Holy Spirit came . |
| 29 | Essentially , they are glorified leisure centres — Butlins for the Costa Brava generation , a way of feeling like you 're abroad without having to wait for three hours at Gatwick Airport . |
| 30 | My family and I had to wait for three weeks in Bombay before getting a boat for England , but during that time I was able to do some useful PR work with newspapers and radio . |