Example sentences of "and [verb] [verb] for [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Aszal had all the documents required from a returning immigrant , but he was questioned for four hours and made to wait for four hours and then told he could go . |
| 2 | No one but an old Londoner who has been born and bred and has lived for 50 to 60 years in London can have any idea of the extent of the change . |
| 3 | I know sometimes erm people when they got their benefit , would try and do shopping for two weeks , but even that was unrealistic of how long they were , what they were buying was going to last for two weeks . |
| 4 | In the centuries where children were treated like Oliver Twist and worse ; where children were beaten , half-starved , and put to work for sixteen hours a day and more ; it is not surprising that horses were treated no better . |
| 5 | Remove the dish from the oven and allow to cool for 5 minutes before serving . |
| 6 | Pour over 600 ml of boiling water and allow to steep for 10–15 minutes . |
| 7 | Remove from the heat and allow to stand for 2–3 minutes before serving . |
| 8 | Then cover and turn off the heat and allow to stand for 1 hour . |
| 9 | Place the cous cous in a bowl , pour over warm water to cover and leave to soak for 10 mins . |
| 10 | After a while , the lad turned up back at the farm and offered to work for two shillings and pay his own insurance stamp . |
| 11 | Place the skimmed milk , peppercorns , garlic , onion , bay leaf and nutmeg in a saucepan and leave to sit for 1 hour . |
| 12 | Sprinkle the gelatine over four tablespoons of water and leave to swell for 5 minutes . |
| 13 | Add strips of beef and leave to marinate for 24 hours . |
| 14 | Pour boiling water on to the leaves in a clean container or teapot and leave to stand for 3–10 minutes ( no longer , otherwise the flavour changes ) . |
| 15 | Add vegetables to oil mixture , toss together and leave to stand for 15 minutes . |
| 16 | Slit the vanilla pod , scrape the seeds into the milk , add the pod and leave to infuse for 10 minutes . |
| 17 | Bring the water to the boil , pour over the flowers and leave to infuse for 30 to 60 minutes . |
| 18 | Cover and leave to prove for 30 minutes to 1 hour , or until double in size . |
| 19 | Cover the joint loosely with a tent of foil and leave to rest for 15–20 minutes before carving . |
| 20 | Knead lightly until smooth , then cover and leave to rest for 20 minutes . |
| 21 | His father-in-law , Alexander Grant , son of the 8th Laird of Glen Moriston , Invernesshire , had been Commodore of the small British naval fleet on the Canadian lakes and had served for 20 years on the Executive Council of Upper Canada , for which he had been rewarded with liberal grants of land in various parts of Canada . |
| 22 | We had planned a stop in Grenoble and had filed for seven hours , with a one-hour stop en route . |
| 23 | The CaCl 2 /DNA mis was added dropwise to an equal volume of 0.2µm-filtered 2 HEPES-buffered saline ( 280mM NaCl , 10mM KCl , 1.5mM Na 2 HPO 4 .2H2O , 12mM dextrose , 50mM HEPES , pH adjusted to 7.05 with 0.5N NaOH ) and left to stand for 20 minutes at RT . |
| 24 | They were then washed once in 80% ethanol and once in acetone and left to dry for 1 hour . |
| 25 | I only mention it because he had the decency to say that Leeds currently have the best midfield in the country , and have had for 4–5 years . |