Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] [adv] for [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's five past seven , I want you home for twenty to eight . |
| 2 | Even so the total was Australia 's lowest at Adelaide since 1954–55 , when England — in the shape of Tyson , Statham and Appleyard — put them out for 111 . |
| 3 | You either let them in for two reasons . |
| 4 | Put him down for five or six places , got in at Gander Hall , loves the place . |
| 5 | When you 've finished writing , put it away for two or three days : leave it , do n't look at it for a while . |
| 6 | The controller mistakenly put it in for one hour ( we had n't crossed our seven as they do in French ) , which caused the authorities to send out a search-and-rescue helicopter for us . |
| 7 | So you count , you hold it down for three . |
| 8 | Stand on one leg and bring your other knee up to your chest and hold it there for ten seconds . |
| 9 | ‘ He flew me , and a friend out there , put us up for three nights , then gave us a holiday in the Florida Keys , all paid for ’ . |
| 10 | Because you will know in advance when you need the cash , you can use a 90-day-notice account or even tie it up for five years for a better return . |
| 11 | Normally , to become a permanent resident in the Bahamas under category I , an individual needs to invest a minimum of $500,000 and keep it there for 10 years ; this compares with the five years for an investor in Sandyport Marina . |
| 12 | What numbers would multiply together to make twenty four ? and then try it again for thirty six okay . |
| 13 | Now I promise you if you do as we tell you and your diary looks like , my white board if you like , every week for the next sort of twenty eight days , you will be successful , because if you do something consistently for twenty eight days , apparently it becomes a habit . |
| 14 | Shut the dog in another room , and leave it there for 10 minutes or so , as soon as it starts to be a problem . |
| 15 | You could n't spend sixteen thousand and leave it there for six years ! |
| 16 | Er they take you up for twenty minutes intensive and then drop it |
| 17 | They take you there for twenty P if you reg he said I 'll bring you the papers . |
| 18 | However , in order for the abdominals to grow you must treat them like any other muscle group , and work them hard for 8 to 12 reps using 3 to 4 sets . |