Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [pers pn] for [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I hit one six and then instead of just trying to hit a single from the next I tried to hit it for four and was out . |
| 2 | That gives us the potential of raising two thousand pounds , because we intend to sell them for one ninety nine . |
| 3 | Nobody came to see me for three days . |
| 4 | It was commissioned by the Disney Corporation , who hope to sell it for sixty thousand dollars . |
| 5 | ‘ But I would like to thank you for one thing — ’ |
| 6 | But I enjoyed your tte — tte with Naomi in that choochy little patisserie , although I 'd like to smack her for one or two of her remarks . ’ |
| 7 | I 'll have a go , but I 'm not going to do it for two or three |
| 8 | There 's not much point in paying out over £100 if you 're only going to use it for two weeks a year on holiday . |
| 9 | Would n't recommend masses into it , but because it 's no income potential , and it 's not that flexible , you 've got to keep it for five years to make it really work . |
| 10 | That 's a gallon per minute times forty minutes then cancel with gallons so they 're going to charge you for two hundred and forty gallons . |
| 11 | I had to get one bag I did n't like to ask her for two . |
| 12 | And I did return to nurse them for two years |
| 13 | I 'm sure we can get an accountant to come and speak to us , but we might have to pay him for two hours work , you see . |
| 14 | Since only two of the churches , apart from St. Patrick 's , are big enough to hold 400 people , a proposal was put to the Congregational Church to host the service some time in 1993 and the Church of Scotland offered to consider it for 1994 . |
| 15 | Xishe 's wife is allowed to see him for 45 minutes twice a year . |
| 16 | They were allowed to see it for one hour , before it was taken back , and none of them has been able to get hold of it since . |
| 17 | they had to sell them for three and threepence , three farthings . |
| 18 | I had to use it for one of Andy |
| 19 | Just imagine what your reaction would be if you were given a brand new washing machine and told that it had to last you for seventy years or more . |