Example sentences of "[be] [verb] for four " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Iranian consulate in Geneva had been occupied for four hours on Dec. 14 , 1988 , by opponents of the Tehran regime and evidence had been found that Tale had been collecting information on the Iranian exile community in Switzerland . |
| 2 | Road works : Serious traffic delays are expected for four weeks while British Gas carries out excavations of the A59 at Rice Lane , near Walton Hospital , Liverpool . |
| 3 | DELAYS are expected for four weeks on the northbound carriageway of the M74 in Lanarkshire between junctions 7 , for Larkhall , and 6 , Motherwell . |
| 4 | Channel 4 are looking for four Capital-based film fans between 18 and 25 to take part in an edition of Moviewatch . |
| 5 | ‘ But we 've been separated for four years , ’ she reminded him in a more reasonable tone . |
| 6 | Roddy Lou Thai was not pleased at all to be questioned by two representatives of the repressive Imperialist Government , under whose chauvinistic wing he had been living for four years . |
| 7 | The 70-year-old has not been seen for four weeks since leaving the Robert Huggins home for the elderly in Acklam . |
| 8 | they 're looking for four fifty it 's a sixteen hundred with black cloth interior terrible |
| 9 | I 've thought guaran two machines you 're guaranteed for four years then , cos they did n't write the serial number down , so if I got two machines and it goes faulty I just send it back and say this machine 's faulty , they do n't know how many I 've got |
| 10 | I 've been waiting for four or five games , so it 's a bit of a relief . ’ |
| 11 | I went there and found that people who had been waiting for four hours or more had still not received satisfaction . |
| 12 | Erm the issue is is that potentially you could be goi we could 've been going for four point three extra people and we probably wo n't do that . |
| 13 | In all they 've questioned twelve present and former members of staff from the school , which has been closed for four months . |
| 14 | He says I have been flying for four years . |
| 15 | For example , if you have been employed for four years and earn a basic salary of £40,000 , one hardly need emphasise the difference between the value of your rights if you are eligible just for the statutory minimum of four weeks ' notice and the scale of your claim if you are on , say , a three-year rolling contract . |
| 16 | The centre 's been running for four years and is still looked after by Andy Middleton who set it up . |
| 17 | The unofficial sanctuary has been running for four years and is now looking after more than a hundred animals . |
| 18 | At a pinch the spacers can be substituted for four appropriately sized nuts . |
| 19 | The two banks had agreed that BBV should be co-chaired for four years by a member from each side ( the other co-president being José Angel Sánchez Asiaín — Banco de Bilbao ) , but Banco de Bilbao was anxious to appoint a single president . |
| 20 | Once again in 1985 we will be looking for four new members to join the Executive Committee to replace Pat Keen ( retiring ) , Doreen Prescott ( retiring ) , Pauline Kenward ( now Vice-Chairman ) and Joan Daniels , who took office as Honorary Treasurer in May . |
| 21 | If the application is successful , a patent will be granted for four years initially and may be renewed , annually , up to a maximum of twenty years from the date the application is filed ( the priority date ) . |
| 22 | However , the full effect of this will not be felt for four years since the government has provided resources to cushion the transfer from rates to the community charge . |
| 23 | Children are encouraged to play freely and imaginatively , but at a later stage may be helped to give goods a price-marking of counters , e.g. a packet marked with would only be exchanged for four counters . |
| 24 | The pressure group Friends of the Earth thinks we should be aiming for four times that . |
| 25 | The joint must be made quickly and , if the pipe is a hot water one , be left for four hours . |
| 26 | Mr Steward may feel that the project is ‘ low key ’ , but when a nine acre sand and gravel pit is proposed to be worked for four years only a matter of 45 metres from the nearest residence and 280 metres from the centre of Cross Green ( Atlas Aggregate 's figures ) , the residents of Cockfield are entitled to feel differently . |
| 27 | And the postsecondary education expenses of their children will be covered for four years . |
| 28 | Celtic 's Mike Galloway will be suspended for four games , starting on 3 April , after being booked against Rangers . |
| 29 | Tickets reserved by phone will be held for four days or where applicable , until one hour before the performance . |
| 30 | Sometimes when Tuffers has been hit for four , he has immediately asked for a fielder to be moved to plug the gap . |