Example sentences of "[adv prt] for [art] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | These people , I remarked , could pull out of their pockets , thoughtlessly , as much money for a round of drinks as most single parents have to live on for a week ; could pay as much for a few hours ’ sleep as a Third World peasant and his family have to live , or die , on for a year . |
| 2 | Discussions went on for a year and cost T&L about £500,000 in legal fees and other expenses , Vlitos says , ‘ but they came up with a strong agreement which protected T&L — a pygmy next to a corporate giant like J&J ’ . |
| 3 | That would be one less thing for him to worry about with regards to his mother , for she would still be mistress of the house , at least until the war was over , which might go on for a year , perhaps two . |
| 4 | It 's dragging on , it 's been dragging on for a year , but I 'm getting there slowly and I feel a lot more confident than last time . |
| 5 | And er that went , of course , on for a year . |
| 6 | I lived in my house for going on for a year |
| 7 | Leave it on for a year you 'll get a bill . |
| 8 | But if you leave a light bulb on for a year , it 'll cost you more than leaving the fan heater on for an hour . |
| 9 | They staggered on for a year or two after that , but Tesco 's had a big , big change of policy they were no longer high and kick them out cheap , they decided to promote a quality in which stamps did not go for and erm |
| 10 | This is especially applicable for those that are not yet ready to drink and therefore need to be laid down for a year or more . |
| 11 | ‘ We will let the new legislation settle down for a year or so first , ’ he said . |
| 12 | you see , if you put a line it costs you about a hundred a thirty quid now I think , but according to what they tell me , once a line has been in for a year if you put a line in , you 've got to pay the first year , its got ta be in for a year , if you have it taken out before the year , you 'll still be due for the rental on it |
| 13 | you see , if you put a line it costs you about a hundred a thirty quid now I think , but according to what they tell me , once a line has been in for a year if you put a line in , you 've got to pay the first year , its got ta be in for a year , if you have it taken out before the year , you 'll still be due for the rental on it |
| 14 | Kevin Feeny at Warburg Securities is looking for £242m against £183m with £650m pencilled in for the year . |
| 15 | Her husband had opened a bookshop to support her and their two children , but it was " imperative for her to work " at her old job as reader , " to tide them over for a year or two " . |
| 16 | ‘ Then he got injured in a field and had to be off for a year , but everything seems to be going well now . |
| 17 | But lines like ‘ It 's a bit hard , your Highness , I have n't had it off for a year ’ , when muttered by a grubby servant referring to his shoe , come just as easily from Tony Slattery as they ever did from Sid James . |
| 18 | TALKS ‘ ON AND OFF FOR A YEAR ’ , SAYS KAVNER |
| 19 | The estimated savings are based on the claimant being 22 weeks off the register , but again some stay off for a year , and some return much sooner . |
| 20 | ‘ The Secret Police looked for me just the day after I left and they kept looking for me on and off for a year . |
| 21 | Yeah , I 'd probably fuck off for a year and do my own thing and come back and maybe take take , maybe start my own business . |
| 22 | The town 's magistrates were told that tension had built up for a year after a decision to dissolve the partnership . |
| 23 | Other guaranteed income bonds are paying an average of around 5 per cent on £5,000 left tied up for a year . |
| 24 | They brought Sam here , Put him up for a year . |
| 25 | Ministers should draw up a budget and then pack up for the year . |
| 26 | The jury will remain out for a year or two yet on whether the operating system can see off the threat from Microsoft Corp and its Windows NT , but Unix is definitely not winning big in the public relations stakes : the Wall Street Journal dismisses Unix as ‘ a catch-all term for many operating systems that share some features and a common parentage ’ . |
| 27 | The jury will remain out for a year or two yet on whether the operating system can see off the threat from Microsoft Corp and its Windows NT , but Unix is definitely not winning big in the public relations stakes : the Wall Street Journal dismisses Unix as ‘ a catch-all term for many operating systems that share some features and a common parentage ’ . |
| 28 | But I mean I think the feeling of the the miners were out for a year I mean time and time again I 've heard people say , Oh how d how do they do it and look at the money they 're sending us and look at what they 're doing for us and how ho . |
| 29 | MGM was not quite as happy with The Crowd ( 1928 ) , which was held back for a year and temporarily given a happy ending and which proved only to be as Kine Weekly predicted ‘ a sound box office success ’ rather than a runaway winner . |
| 30 | In Bridget 's case , her subsequent boyfriend stayed around for a year or so until she and her family moved house . |