Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [pron] for [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We 've only got her for five years , then she has to go back to the Foundling Hospital . ’ |
| 2 | Similarly if his host says ‘ Come early ’ , having just invited him for eight o'clock , he will interpret ‘ early ’ with respect to the last-mentioned time , rather than to some previously mentioned time . |
| 3 | Well yeah , and yes they 've just asked them for forty grand more have n't they ? |
| 4 | His club , Northants , have already banned him for two games . |
| 5 | I mean , and she really known him for six months you know ? |
| 6 | He said , ’ Walker , I 've now known you for four years , and this is the first intelligent thing that you have done . ’ |
| 7 | They 've actually asked us for five hundred . |