Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [adj] for six " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , not really , not to begin with , because I get erm , sick pay from work , I get that for six months . |
| 2 | One particular owl that sticks in my mind was one I kept alive for six weeks , in the early days . |
| 3 | On one occasion she sat alone for six hours travelling up to Carlisle . |
| 4 | Whitburn put Hedworthfield Comprehensive Jarrow , in to bat and they made 86 for six , no problem to Whiturn openers Anderson and Clarke , who scored 44 and 42 respectively to secure a ten-wicket win . |
| 5 | England looked certain to make their target of 205 — for a fourth straight Texaco Trophy series win — when they reached 191 for six . |
| 6 | As a test of his strength Utnapishtim challenged him to stay awake for six days and seven nights — " But while Gilgamesh sat there resting on his haunches , a mist of sleep like soft wool teased from the fleece drifted over him , and Utnapishtim said to his wife , " Look at him now , the strong man who would have everlasting life , even now the mists of sleep are drifting over him . " " |
| 7 | He gets time-and-a-half for six nights a week between 4.30pm and 7.30am with double time for Sundays . |