Example sentences of "in [noun] for [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 'll just have to sweet-talk your new chum , Old Red , into requesting the Office to leave you in Marcus for more than one night . ’ |
| 2 | But it has been in existence for almost as long as there has been detective fiction . |
| 3 | Lisburn have been in existence for more than 150 years and is Ulster 's oldest surviving cricket club . |
| 4 | MURTON Brass Band has been in existence for more than 100 years and to say thank you to the people of the village who have kept the band going , they are to give a concert at the Victoria Club . |
| 5 | The Genc family , like the one in Mölln , had lived in Germany for more than 20 years . |
| 6 | Once love has become your property you will be a lover always , in the grave , at the resurrection , and in Paradise for ever and ever . ’ |
| 7 | They were not kept in suspense for more than five minutes . |
| 8 | THERE is not better way to underline the problems of distance and climate that are a unique hallmark of the game in Canada than … talking to Canadian RU executive director John Billingsley who mentioned his Ottawa lawn had been deep in snow for more than three months — in Vancouver I was about to bring out the mower for the third time in a garden bright with spring blossoms . |
| 9 | Privately , lenders admit that of customers in arrears for more than six months , there are more than 150,000 who probably can not be saved . |
| 10 | An adult woman had been in labour for more than two days with her third child . |
| 11 | It was supposed to last six months but remained in effect for more than two years . |
| 12 | The Open School has been operating in Johannesburg for more than 20 years . |
| 13 | Of those on benefit half had been in receipt for more than 2.6 years . |
| 14 | It is often said that anyone who works in intelligence for more than ten years becomes slightly crazy . |
| 15 | They 've been in England for less than 12 hours but Janos Bunta and his Romanian friends are already up to their elbows in flour and pastry . |
| 16 | Exactly what arrangements have been put in place for more than 10,000 members to vote on proposals suggested by the STG management board ? |
| 17 | Several will remain in bloom for more than one month . |
| 18 | Anybody who has operated in business for more than five years knows that invariably in five years the business is not all right unless something has been done about it . |
| 19 | As a few of these modules may have started in a previous session , or may be expected to finish in a future session , some will count in statistics for more than one session . |
| 20 | The case had been under way in Ohio for more than two years and was now ready for trial . |
| 21 | Lord Rawdon told the Committee of the whole House of Lords , which read his bill clause by clause in May , that he thought a debtor should be able to swear to the real cause of his debt and , if there was no question of fraud or any intention to abscond , he should not be held in custody for more than eight days and be discharged on filing common bail . |
| 22 | Supt Tony Rozier said the building , which has been in use for more than 20 years , had suffered a string of attacks by vandals and thieves , contributing to its demise . |
| 23 | Calendars , it seems , have almost become McGairy 's stock in trade for here as openers there are the original watercolours for Great Ayton and Saltburn Beach both selling at £160 to set alongside the sepia reproduction of Gunnerside and Staithes and Cowbar from the ICI Kennelix Oilfield Calendar , also of 1992 . |
| 24 | Well I think I understand that answer to be an affirmative , that if this aircraft is capable of replacing , if you like , the suite of aircraft we 've been discussing , then er that may well result in orders for more than two hundred fifty . |
| 25 | That has been a keenly disputed question in Britain for more than a hundred years . |
| 26 | New Zealand Lamb has been enjoyed in Britain for more than 100 years . |
| 27 | The French and English kings sometimes had to help those who had served them to regain their freedom : in 1444 Sir John Handford , who had been in France for more than twenty years , received 15,000 livres from Henry VI as a contribution towards the purchase of his freedom ; while Jean de Rodemack got a substantial sum towards the payment of his ransom from René d'Anjou , and Georges de la Trémoîlle received a seigneurie in Poitou from Charles VII in lieu of ransom promised but not paid . |
| 28 | In the climate of violence generated by the Federation neither his union , nor any other established with a similar purpose , seems to have remained in operation for more than two or three years . |
| 29 | Heavily involved in these negotiations were representatives of the US-based Orangutan Foundation , which has branches in Taiwan , Indonesia and the UK , and which was set up by Dr Biruté Galdikas , who has been working with orangs in Kalimantan for more than 20 years . |
| 30 | The total task needs to be broken down into small easily achieved wins , eg every teacher will be in the playground five minutes before the bell goes to greet children and parents , four children from each class will have their names entered in the ‘ Gold book ’ for good work or praiseworthy actions , any child in hospital for more than one night will receive ‘ get well cards ’ from the class and a visit by a member of staff , the entrance hall is cleared of clutter and made more welcoming for visitors . |