Example sentences of "it for [num] [noun] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , an investor could buy a ten-year bond , hold it for one year and receive the coupon , and then sell it for the current price of a nine-year bond with the same coupon . |
| 2 | Suppose also that an investor intends to buy the share , hold it for one year and then sell it at the end of the year . |
| 3 | I wore it for one year and that |
| 4 | Take your eyes off it for one second and … something frightful might happen . |
| 5 | Mr McEd was acting pretty cagey about it for one thing and , when pressed , would only come up with the reassuring phrases : ‘ Every cloud has a silver lining Ed … ’ or ‘ Do n't worry son , you father 's not such an old fool as he looks … |
| 6 | In fact I had it for six months and I never did plug it into an amplifier ; I just used it in the dressing room . ’ |
| 7 | I did it for six months and reckon that at only 24 I did it pretty well . |
| 8 | We demand that it changes , we beg of it to alter our lives , we leave it for two hours and assume it will be different when we get back . |
| 9 | The race was the brainchild of Chay Blythe , he 'd planned it for 4 years and raised the money for 10 million pound yachts . |
| 10 | I mean , I did it for four months and then I could n't do any more , I just think I mean , I know Amanda and Claire were a lot younger then and I think it 's difficult when they are they 're younger . |
| 11 | To take your pulse all you need to do is to count it for 10 seconds and then multiply by 6 . |
| 12 | I had sight of it for five minutes and decided to use it . ’ |
| 13 | To make this purée of salt cod , brandir ( stir or crush with energy ) the fish , having first soaked it for at least 24 hours , simmer it for 20 minutes and remove the bones and fins but not the skin . |
| 14 | Warriors still hunt the jaguar in ritualised fashion ; they must stalk it for three days and it may only be killed with a wooden spear . |
| 15 | She has been doing it for three years and expects to be working on it for at least another three . |
| 16 | Well you still do it for three years and ! |
| 17 | On days when wing inspection would come around and check our tech supplier for spare parts , we would load this trailer with all the illegal spare parts we were n't supposed to have , cos they , like the couple of it might call it for three starters and we had six , seven or eight . |
| 18 | I think that to be a loner and a writer is hell enough , but many would instantly tell me how horrendous it is to work in a factory — 1 did it for three months and loathed it — or to go to their office and stop from biting their nails when their boss has to score petty points off them . |
| 19 | Like , I did it for three nights and I was wrecked ! ’ |
| 20 | Like the grave-diggers in Hamlet , they speculated on life : ‘ We 've been working on it for 25 years and we still have n't got round . |