Example sentences of "each [noun sg] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead of using complicated measurements involving colour purity , resolution etc. to compare their performance I simply used each monitor for a day . |
| 2 | As we mentioned in Chapter 5 , at this stage you need only time-table three or perhaps four exercise routines per week ( where you get slightly breathless at each session for a half-hour period ) in order to keep up a reasonable degree of fitness . |
| 3 | Allow at least two large tubes of water-resistant cream for each child for a fortnight 's holiday . |
| 4 | In 1978 the Kufra Assembly met for a couple of hours each evening for a week . |
| 5 | There was only room in each circle for a set number of species . |
| 6 | Registration of events would also allow local authorities to refuse the use of the unsuitable sites or prevent the abuse of the current laws which allow boot sales on each site for a maximum of fourteen days per year . |
| 7 | It may be helpful to use the structure of Psalm 95 in your quiet time as a pattern for half an hour to an hour or more of worship each day for a while . |
| 8 | One gentleman goes each day for a drink in the pub , and one of the ladies wanders around seeing people who she knows , because she 's lived in the village all her life . |
| 9 | These great beasts are given a temporary respite from their working lives to parade each day for a week through the streets of Kandy attended by drummers and dancers , the procession starting each day from a different temple . |
| 10 | In fact , it is desirable that they should meet and get to know each other for a day or two over a safe fence ( possibly a mesh that a horse ca n't kick a leg through ) before they are put in with each other . |
| 11 | Before we 'd fall out over stupid things and not speak to each other for a day . |
| 12 | They glared at each other for a second longer , then Ryker turned the lock and pushed the door open . |
| 13 | ‘ We 'd been seeing each other for a year when he suggested we should move in together . |
| 14 | ‘ Although Stevie and I had known each other for a while we had never been romantically involved . |
| 15 | K : ‘ We knew about each other for a while . |
| 16 | That they wrote to each other for a while . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Wrote to each other for a while , ’ he echoed with the same derisive twist to his mouth . |
| 18 | Table 16.1 shows how the market price and the market rate of interest vary with each other for a bond yielding £5 per year . |
| 19 | Companies that use computers have been connecting them to each other for a decade , often using AT&T 's telephone lines . |
| 20 | We held hands all the way through Live Aid , having not spoken to each other for a week , and then rushed off to the Post Office as soon as we could with our three pounds . |
| 21 | Well that 's it , it might lead to better things might n't it , I say it might do them good to be away from each other for a week any way , might n't it ? |
| 22 | They stared at each other for a moment before Mick added , ‘ You 've never seen Carrie for years , have you ? ’ |
| 23 | They stared at each other for a moment in tense silence ; then gripping the aide of the bedclothes , he swung them upwards and exposed to his amazed gaze her grey outdoor coat . |
| 24 | Hazel and Blackberry , after looking at each other for a moment , caught him up and went beside him . |
| 25 | The two men glared at each other for a moment . |
| 26 | They stared at each other for a moment , then Ursula added , emphasizing every word : ‘ Please leave my home . |
| 27 | The two men looked at each other for a moment , no doubt exchanging of those wordless communications that women contrive now and then . |
| 28 | They stared at each other for a moment , then Ward said , ‘ All right . |
| 29 | They stared at each other for a moment , not exactly hostile , more two people measuring each other up . |
| 30 | They blinked at each other for a moment at close quarters , wide-eyed and brow to brow . |