Example sentences of "[vb past] for the [adj] two " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although Il Moro led for the first two legs , New Zealand showed her fearsome ability to climb to windward when she squeezed up from underneath Il Moro to take the lead at the third mark . |
| 2 | Well I worked for the past two year really |
| 3 | In fact , I went for the entire two months without seeing anyone . |
| 4 | His chances of defending a frail total of 226 slipped away with the steady rain that fell for the last two hours . |
| 5 | No doubt the privies , there were two of them , were much appreciated by the tenants , but one wonders how they managed for the previous two or three years . |
| 6 | He looked for the other two aircraft . |
| 7 | Edward cried for the next two days , but there was nothing he could do . |
| 8 | IBM Corp reveals in the proxy statement for the annual meeting that total pay and benefits for chairman and chief executive John Akers fell 17% in 1992 to $1.3m — Akers ' variable incentive payout , which is based on operating results , was $375,000 , a decline of 42% on 1991 , reflecting both IBM 's performance against targets and relative performance from year to year ; IBM said for the past two years , Akers ' annual pay declined over $1.3m , a fall of 50% ; it proposes to elect John Akers to the board after quits the top job . |
| 9 | Sporadic firing and the misery of Joseph 's people continued for the next two days . |
| 10 | In 1724 Peter I ordered that all papers relating to foreign policy should be brought together in the college archive ; and work on this continued for the next two decades . |
| 11 | One was quite hot and spicy but I 'd forgotten what we had for the first two the two that they brought out . |