Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [to-vb] for [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The haemoglobin concentration continued to fall for two days after his admission , reaching a nadir of 61 g/l . |
| 2 | From 20% in 1980 , investment banking grew to account for two-thirds of the business at the bigger houses in the go-go days . |
| 3 | On the other hand , the same music had to serve for six more stanzas — Pisano wrote fresh music for the short final one and therefore could not reflect details of the text . |
| 4 | Under it daimyo had to reside for one year out of every two in the capital , and leave their wives and families in permanent residence there . |
| 5 | They also pointed to an incident during which a patient had to wait for four hours for an anaesthetist . |
| 6 | The Russians watched all this with much amusement , and then sent an official protest note ( which the Foreign Office managed to lose for five days ) demanding an explanation . |