Example sentences of "[noun] for the [num ord] 20 " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Young , 77 , who directed the James Bond movies Dr No and From Russia With Love , has lived in Cannes for the last 20 years . |
| 2 | We would completely pin back a side for the first 20 mins , and invariably crack them . |
| 3 | Wales were convinced that they were one up on Scotland in having already experienced Joel Dume in their England match , while the Sassenachs ' top brass reckoned Scotland would be at a definite disadvantage for the first 20 minutes . |
| 4 | Yesterday publican John McKeague said that Mr McGarry had been drinking regularly in his bar for the last 20 years , but added that no one had ever asked about his movements . |
| 5 | Crusaders were pinned back in their own half for the first 20 minutes as the visiting pack was dominant . |
| 6 | Prior to her retirement she acted as the Society 's Liaison Officer for the Sports Council for the last 20 years . |
| 7 | The nettle-rash got somewhat better in time , but it continued to bother him at regular intervals for the next 20 years . |
| 8 | The power available from the hydroelectric station will be at least 800 MW , eight hours a day for the first 20 years , thereafter falling by about 30 per cent . |
| 9 | We were famous for bombarding teams for the first 20 mins of games … beating them into submission … p[laying at a pace . |
| 10 | Friends of the Earth urged the government to delay any decision on Thorp until after the advisory committee completes its review of radioactive waste disposal for the next 20 years , which is expected next year . |
| 11 | Engel is German by birth but has lived in Britain for the last 20 years , and this mixed background has been reflected not only in Melancholia 's plot but in its production history , as it has been co-financed by the British Film Institute and the Hamburg company Lichtblick . |
| 12 | But , he said , he 'd enjoyed eating in the restaurant for the last 20 years and he was pleased to see it revived . |
| 13 | Souza has lived in New York for the last 20 years . |
| 14 | ‘ A minerals and waste local plan is about to be prepared and it will form the basis for the control and location of quarries and landfill sites in the county for the next 20 years , ’ said CLA regional secretary Jolyon Dodgson . |
| 15 | ‘ I 've had my greatest moments here on my birthday for the last 20 years and I do n't intend to stop now . |
| 16 | That was pretty much the excitement for the next 20 mins . |
| 17 | First , says Taylor , he should have sent on Aston Villa winger Tony Daley for the last 20 minutes against France . |
| 18 | Thus , by the very beginning of 1947 , and well before ‘ containment ’ , the Marshall plan and the Zhdanov doctrine drew the battle lines between Russia and the US in Europe and in general it may be seen that a framework of impressions , intentions , hopes and misunderstandings was being thrown up which would support US policy towards Vietnam for the next 20 years and under whose weight it would ultimately collapse . |
| 19 | She has been a friend of WACC for the last 20 years . |