Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [adv] for two " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gooch , manager Keith Fletcher and England chairman Ted Dexter all praised the Whittingdale sponsorship which has allowed them to gather together for two days in each of the last six weeks . |
| 2 | ‘ But I hope not for two weeks — and then with any luck not on a Friday , or I may have to ask Doctor Masters to deputise for me . ’ |
| 3 | I packed up I packed up for two and a half years and then erm when we went to Spain in August , no in October , the four girls went me and me two sisters and a friend from work , Barbara . |
| 4 | Daphne recalls how , early on , ‘ I made the mistake of allowing one to become too fond of me and , when I went away for two weeks , she died of a broken heart . |
| 5 | I experienced the medical practice side , I went out for two or three assignments to get a feel for it and it 's doable . |
| 6 | No it was our summer holiday , I went off for two weeks , when I came back Paula was off for a month . |
| 7 | A dress I , I sent off for two sizes , I 'm glad I did now because I thought you know that the small one would be okay for them , but it 's not , there 's the hat |
| 8 | I think so for two reasons , because erm what was it that one planner said , that planning is the art of which geography is the science . |
| 9 | They said I could only stay one week , but I stayed there for two , and they did n't know . |
| 10 | The effects of reducing sleep on sleep patterns have been studied in a number of relatively short experiments , and one which went on for two years . |
| 11 | The result was controversy between Vienna and St Petersburg which dragged on for two decades . |
| 12 | No stone rolled down the cliff that morning , and I left Euclid still snoozing on the old redwood step at about 10.50am and headed off over the bridge to Lighthouse Road , which runs along for two or three miles south of the river , through to the mouth of the Mattole and the northern tip of the King range . |
| 13 | It was really a good play , ha , and it was done so well , and you were so close to it as well , you got in for two pounds , best thing I 've ever seen . |
| 14 | She signed up for two employment agencies : Solve Your Problems and Knightsbridge Nannies , and worked as a waitress at private parties and as a charlady . |
| 15 | She hung on for two years , existing on fees for supervising undergraduates and an allowance from her father . |
| 16 | All in all she worked solidly for two hours , and it was a relief when she was finally free to take an official coffee break . |
| 17 | Basically you will listen for maybe seven minutes then you switch off for two minutes then you switch on again and then you try and think well what was I listening to seven minu well you know , three minutes ago what was probably said in the last two minutes . |
| 18 | Jelly babies , dolly mixtures , love hearts that said ‘ Kiss me quick ’ , and if you saved up for two weeks you could buy a whipped cream walnut . |
| 19 | will you sit down for two more minutes . |
| 20 | She stayed away for two weeks , and there were reports that she had been seen in Bath with Sergeant Troy . |
| 21 | I have a person who comes in for two hours every morning , but … but she does just the very rough work . |
| 22 | She was too shaken with sobs to risk driving so she sat there for two hours weeping her heart out while neighbours and passers-by studiously ignored her obvious distress . |
| 23 | Perhaps if we win here for two more matches before the Test England would have more cause to worry . |
| 24 | We plod along for two or three decades with the occasional recording of individual sonatas and then along comes a centenary year and all and sundry are in on the act at the same time . |
| 25 | We stayed together for two years . |
| 26 | Because I was at home , we sat down for two hours and talked it through . |
| 27 | but they , they wo n't , they took two days off last week and they sat indoors for two days , they 've got a love , you know there fantastic couple , really fantastic , they 'll do anything for you , but it 's like Dave , Dave 's always saying take up golf , go swimming |
| 28 | It stays away for two , three or even four years , it is deemed to be full-grown . |
| 29 | So popular was this concert that there was no admission charge , only a collection , as it went on for two evenings , but strangely enough , David did n't offer to take part , although George Underwood did and he had a very popular group called George and the Dragons at the time . |
| 30 | So it went on for two long hours during which the thousands present learned nothing about Fascism except the bravery and pertinacity of its young adherents in dealing with this very perilous situation . " |