Example sentences of "[verb] [pos pn] [noun] for [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he he got he got my hand for five seconds and then I I got I got his hand for ten something like that . |
| 2 | I had not recognized my feelings for one of the women in the women 's group as being of any significance . |
| 3 | Because I just fixed my mortgage for four years with the Halifax , and it 's a total gamble fixing mortgages , by the way , if we , you know , because I do n't know where interest rates are going to go , but I , I fixed at seven point seven five percent for four years . |
| 4 | You knock my landscapes for six . ’ |
| 5 | About 1,000 BP employees in Glasgow evacuated their offices for two hours yesterday after a pipe in the chilling plant of an air conditioning system broke loose , releasing gas into the building . |
| 6 | This convention finds statutory confirmation in the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949 which deprive the House of Lords of any legal power over financial or ‘ Money ’ Bills beyond that of delaying their passage for one month and no longer . |
| 7 | This was changed to An Nam — The Pacified South — by the Chinese who conquered them , occupied their territory for eleven centuries , and called them Annamese . |
| 8 | As stated above , the samples of dementia sufferers were to be generated over a period of one year ( 1 April 1984–31 March 1985 ) ; and the development officers were to continue to provide their service for one further year ( until 31 March 1986 ) though no further sample members ( project clients in the case of the action sample ) were to be generated during the second year . |
| 9 | It signed a standstill agreement under which it promised not to increase its holding for three years . |
| 10 | He was ushered forward after cooling his heels for four minutes . |
| 11 | Obviously I was interested to find his entries for 1934 . ’ |
| 12 | On learning of this , Achym pursued his steward for three miles to Bury Down , where he did him to death at a place known as Slew Gate . |
| 13 | Keep a large audience informed of what YOU are planning and help to soothe the crisis-ridden brows of enthusiasts everywhere — send your details for 1993 to : , . |
| 14 | ‘ I do not doubt your competence for one moment , Miss Kenton . |
| 15 | I had visions of having to pay vast amounts as ‘ punishment ’ , but in the end they just re-scheduled our flights for one whole day later . |
| 16 | Water and Ventilation has recently undergone a period of consolidation and the branch structure has been altered in order to meet our needs for 1992 , this is already bearing fruit as the most recent quarter produced some great sales . |
| 17 | ‘ We were both more at ease , I think , when we were not required to hide our mistrust for one another . |
| 18 | It was the time when many stars started to come out of the political closet and openly voiced their support for one candidate or another . |
| 19 | Linking hands , they whispered their love for one another , and although they were kept physically apart by those old granite stones , they were in another sense brought close together by them , for it is curiously easier to give your heart away through a hole in the wall than to swear your fidelity between the sheets of a feather bed . |
| 20 | Helen Harvey of the Lord Todd has received her presentation for ten years with CCG . |
| 21 | I was amazed to realise that some of them had been using their machines for five years and had no idea of the machines capabilities because all the instructions are written in either English , Spanish or Japanese ; nothing in Thai . |
| 22 | At that particular time , er , quite right , faced with the failing national economy , and it 's got worse than it was then , and an increase in poverty in , this controlling group produced its plan for 1990 ninety one and in it 's redirection packages which are now part of our agenda on Council we d we made to pledges , one was to change the nature of Council and the other was to redirect sources on the process of need and we put four point three million on redirection in the first year , four point seven the second year . |
| 23 | The Asdex tokamak at Garching in West Germany has what is known as a ‘ poloidal divertor ’ and holds the record for the duration of a plasma in a tokamak — Asdex has sustained its plasma for 10 seconds . |
| 24 | I did n't know that I was going to have to sell my house for twenty five thousand less than all my neighbours were selling at . |
| 25 | I 've only seen my daughter-in-law for three minutes since I got the news . |
| 26 | I have n't seen my husband for six months . |
| 27 | I have n't seen my family for three years , not since they left . |
| 28 | Voting has a ritual aspect , whereby citizens formally and publicly show their preferences for one party over others , and hence their willingness to accept the result of the contest , and their legitimation of that result . |
| 29 | Teachers have that special task of sharing God 's name with children , of teaching others to be festive , to celebrate their love for one another , and the mystery of God 's love for us always . |
| 30 | She has not seen her children for two years . |