Example sentences of "for a [adj] [noun pl] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | It rubs hoarding space with Howard Hodgkin , whose paintings sell for a million pounds and more . |
| 2 | Or do the nuclear powers-that be believe that they have won for the world not only peace in our time , but peace for a million years and more . |
| 3 | A 36-day strike by workers in the mining and metallurgical industry over wages and conditions was ended by an agreement on July 23 , 1990 , which provided for a substantial wages and conditions package , payment during the strike and a one-off cash payment . |
| 4 | Lot number one O three Lot number one O three for a hundred pounds and ten , twenty one twenty , any more at one hundred and twenty pounds , at one twen anybody else at one hundred and twenty pounds , any more ? |
| 5 | He walked up the main street for a hundred yards and came to a road off on his right labelled Buller 's Hill . |
| 6 | It is not like Hamburg , where they have had a tournament for a hundred years and people would go out and watch tennis at 7 am , even in the freezing cold . ’ |
| 7 | This lasted on and off , for a hundred years and gave the Korean church over 10,000 martyrs . |
| 8 | I remember I was once experimenting with a gauze — it had been in La Scala for a hundred years and was full of dust . |
| 9 | This fairy castle in the clouds has been asleep for a hundred years and the briars are beginning to take over . |
| 10 | On the other hand , Heron ( 1794 ) says that Lewis was destitute of wood except for a few birches and hazels ’ . |
| 11 | Ice expected to last some time , but look for a few skimmers and perch at Newport on pole and maggot . |
| 12 | The jeep driver was pleased at the opportunity to get away for a few hours and we set off about 3 p.m. , arriving in the area of the Highland Division a short time later , after following their divisional signs along the country lanes . |
| 13 | When they had gone and the noise of the engines had faded away , all would be quiet for a few hours and most people on night duty could relax — but not the Met Office , of course . |
| 14 | He arrived at 1.30am on the first day , slept for a few hours and turned up at the clubhouse to find he was in the field . |
| 15 | But for now , she would not allow herself to think , she would rest for a few hours and then make arrangements to deal with business matters . |
| 16 | The men and women ( eleven in all ) who met here and talked for a few hours and went their unremarkable ways , were the descendants of the impassioned few Roxborough had gathered around him in the dark days following the failure of the Reconciliation . |
| 17 | ‘ You sound as if I 'd been gone for a few hours and forgot to leave you a note . ’ |
| 18 | However , I understand that , the other day , an English acrobat 's son came up to Scotland for a few hours and said that the whole thing was non-negotiable . |
| 19 | He and the housekeeper continued to converse for a few minutes and finally he said , ‘ Very well , Mrs Pettifer , sherry at six . ’ |
| 20 | Why do n't we go and sit down for a few minutes and then you can decide what you want to do next ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ We 'll never find her , ’ he told the girl , Anne , ‘ let's just hang about out of earshot for a few minutes and go back . ’ |
| 22 | Albert Popple stared at the small creature for a few minutes and marvelled at its capacity to kill . |
| 23 | We take our clothes off and I stick my penis into you and pull it in and out for a few minutes and white stuff comes out and you say ‘ Is that it ? ’ |
| 24 | Stay there for a few minutes and you will begin to experience one of several sensations : it may be a slight breeze , or perhaps a tingling sensation , heat ( especially in the palms ) , static or even a magnetic pull . |
| 25 | Then he rested for a few minutes and pushed on again . |
| 26 | Rather than chase somebody and take away what little respect they have , it 's far better that they go out and maybe get lost for a few minutes and then come back , than have somebody chase them . |
| 27 | But if there is someone else waiting with you , and you feel shy doing some of the more noticeable ones , disappear to the cloakroom for a few minutes and do them there . |
| 28 | They drove on silently for a few minutes and then Mrs Lomax suddenly spoke . |
| 29 | Did Changez have any idea of the reluctance with which his bride-to-be , now moving across to her bookshelf , picking up a book by Kate Millett , staring into it for a few minutes and replacing it after a reproachful and pitying glance from her mother , would be exchanging vows with him ? |
| 30 | ‘ She wakes for a few minutes and then is unconscious for several hours , ’ said a police spokesman . |