Example sentences of "[noun pl] for [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We do n't cover a great deal of the M one but it 's something like fourteen miles but that was about the time of the miners ' strike as well so I was on traffic when that was on and we had these intercept boys who were working something like thirteen hour shifts for about a year . |
| 2 | Jack walked through the quiet roads for almost an hour before he came to the bottom of Monument Hill . |
| 3 | For example , in ascertaining the image of a book on a distant plane , he adopted a procedure familiar to artists for almost a century . |
| 4 | I come from Holland and in Amsterdam toy robots ( especially Japanese ones and deleted ones from Holland ) have been accessories for over a year now . |
| 5 | The left is putting up candidates for only a handful of school districts in bohemian areas like lower Manhattan ; and even in these areas , few teachers are likely to have the courage to teach the rainbow curriculum . |
| 6 | They remained on the cars for about a year , working regularly on route 16/18 . |
| 7 | Seeing as we 've had those words for about a week I should think we do know them then . |
| 8 | In London , a small group of clinical research nurses based in the St Peter 's group of hospitals and the Royal College of Surgeons has been meeting every two months for over a year , calling themselves the Clinical Research Nurses Association . |
| 9 | He continued to ask visitors for quite a while about their fainting habits . |
| 10 | The impact of the oil crisis and its associated inflation led to the first actual decline in income for OECD countries for over a quarter of a century . |
| 11 | Yet Glasgow has been cultivating a townspace of such experiences for nearly a decade . |
| 12 | But , ironically , the longer-term explanation lies in the restrictions Washington has maintained on Japanese car imports for almost a decade . |
| 13 | Amazingly , all Sony 's competitors doubt the success of the mini-portable and fail to come up with rival versions for almost a year . |
| 14 | Their trip , which took 38 hours instead of the normal 22 , coincided with 60ft waves and the worst North Sea gales for almost a century . |
| 15 | There has been no major study of prisoners ' families for nearly a quarter of a century , and what has been done tends to remain firmly outside the prison walls . |
| 16 | Ten days and more of women 's films is a good way of recharging one 's batteries , and women thinking of going to next year 's Festival might like to know that the organisers will arrange accommodation with local families for 50F a night ( approx £5 . ) |
| 17 | ‘ Despite intensive efforts for nearly a year , we have not been able to find a satisfactory formula either in terms of price or consistency of supply ’ he said . |
| 18 | They erm , service your bike , twenty pounds for just a service . |
| 19 | Dr David Clark , Labour 's agriculture spokesman , said : ‘ It was entirely irresponsible of the ministry to allow farmers for nearly a week to feed contaminated material to animals . |
| 20 | Britain 's trade gap almost doubled last month with the worst figures for almost a year . |
| 21 | Clobbered Thank you for one of your funniest features for quite a while ( ‘ Fashion Police ’ , FACE 49 ) . |
| 22 | A dispute which had soured Israeli-US relations for over a year ended on Feb. 20 when Baker telephoned Levi to inform him that he had signed a guarantee for a US$400,000,000 loan for the housing of immigrants , mainly Soviet Jews . |
| 23 | Back and leg operations may totally immobilise you , or at least prevent you from walking up any stairs for quite a while . |
| 24 | They punished Western support for the Israeli side with a massive price hike , and effectively maintained their control over world prices for almost a decade . |
| 25 | Nicandra knocked and tapped against the bars for quite a minute before Silly-Willie 's white face , like an oversized moon , filled the small window . |
| 26 | Next , hold the foot between both your hands for about a minute or two to soothe it . |
| 27 | Now he was on his third circuit of the Bay : he 'd been ducking under bulldozers for almost an hour . |
| 28 | ‘ So if he were poisoned by the entrée , he did n't display any symptoms for over an hour . |
| 29 | ‘ Con Gallagher and Una have been lovers for about a year now . ’ |
| 30 | By any normal standards , the Al Fayed brothers had been rich men for perhaps a decade or even two . |