Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [to-vb] for [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On that subject , obviously next year , er bearing in mind that we 've agreed as a committee to go for twelve matches on Sundays |
| 2 | They gave him a job to do for seven shillings . |
| 3 | There seems a note of valediction in the loving intensity of his description , a desire to record for one last time the scenes which , for more than a year , had so filled his mind and shaped his thoughts : |
| 4 | But what a price to pay for two months of passion ! |
| 5 | I find a little difficulty in understanding the basis of your argument Mr , given the point you made last week about the need for Yo North Yorkshire as a whole to cater for one hundred percent migration , so as to make adequate provision for those coming from Leeds . |
| 6 | A man who allowed a greyhound to suffer for six weeks after it broke its leg has been banned from keeping dogs for three years . |
| 7 | Then he put through a bill to suspend for five years the Seven Hours Act , which had restricted maximum daily hours for the coal industry since 1919 , following the Eight Hours Act of 1908 . |
| 8 | Cos otherwise it 's rather a lot to eat for one person . |
| 9 | It was n't a lot to show for twenty-five years of living and breathing , but at least she was alive . |
| 10 | A TRIP to jail for two is being offered as a star prize in a charity auction . |