Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [pron] for [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here we 're talking about basing yourself for three weeks on that same golf course . |
| 2 | After coaxing him for 20 minutes , one officer grabbed the man — only to discover he had been bleeding heavily from deep cuts to his wrist and arms . |
| 3 | So instead , a confident horseperson was engaged to do battle with Honey , but after riding her for two weeks Honey 's behaviour was worse . |
| 4 | People who use land and invest their labour in it are benefiting society more than those real owners who neglect it to the extent of ignoring it for twelve years or more . |
| 5 | If he played at West Brom there would always be the risk of losing him for three or four matches . ’ |
| 6 | But she could not stand the thought of doing nothing for two months . |
| 7 | She said oh been saying he 's gon na build one for five years but he 's never got round to it . |
| 8 | I 'm only gon na do it for two days . |
| 9 | You have to be very patient , you wan na try and look at a situation where they might wan na do it for five , ten , 15 , 20 years . |
| 10 | A lot of people like it because basically th er when you look after a police dog it becomes your pet as well , you take it home with you and you take it to work with you , and the u you 'll have a police dog for sort of like its working life of seven to eight years , so basically you 're gon na have him for seven to eight years and he becomes a fa like a family pet . |
| 11 | It 's worth trying it for eighteen miles , is n't it ? ’ |
| 12 | Could she have missed it by mistaking it for one of the panelled wardrobes ? |