Example sentences of "be [verb] [adv] for [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The French or Gallica roses are probably the oldest cultivated roses of European origin , and can arguably be traced back for 3,000 years . |
| 2 | It was much used in mediaeval times in Britain and , indeed , its use can be traced back for 3,000 years . |
| 3 | Any group can make a bid and will be considered seriously , but assistance will be given only for one management — employee buy-out team per company . |
| 4 | Most beans need soaking ( preferably overnight ) before use , and all beans must be boiled rapidly for 10 minutes to destroy any toxins . |
| 5 | Flower arrangers can test their skills by submitting designs for that posy , and colleagues will choose the winning entry to be made up for 2 July . |
| 6 | These taxes , to be imposed annually for three years , were intended both to raise revenue and to prevent the conversion of arable land to pasture . |
| 7 | I do n't think I 'll be going in for one of those prolonged periods of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or whatever it 's called . |
| 8 | Instead of being demolished , the unused reactors will be locked up for 35 years . |
| 9 | Can I just say that in getting them , I think erm the er Lands Charity trustees are not actually obliged to report to us , and Kevin 's doing this as a matter of sort of courtesy really , because we appointed him , erm but erm erm I think it 's a subject that could well be called on for one of these sort of regular , little , important at the A G M , erm |
| 10 | He must be getting on for seventy , and we need a younger head groom . ’ |
| 11 | Her dad must be getting on for seventy she looks as though |
| 12 | ‘ Ooh , well , let's see now , I s'pose it must be getting on for six weeks , now , ’ Cyril said . |
| 13 | Cos a boy in standard five could be getting on for thirteen . |
| 14 | By the time they had got the room cleared up and were ready to go out it would be getting on for twelve . |
| 15 | It was not that unpleasant memories were evoked , for these were always with him , his existence was inseparable from that old bitterness , but that a sight of the house , even the glimpse of a photograph , revived the precise feelings he had had — why , it must be getting on for eleven years ago . |
| 16 | It must be getting on for eleven years now since … ’ |
| 17 | And it must be , I 've been up here twenty-three years , it must be getting on for thirty years old that teapot and er I could n't have afforded that money for that stainless steel teapot , as those days , but I had it with my divi . |
| 18 | How , he wondered , did one set about finding a woman , last heard of in Cornwall , whose surname was Carrow — that is , if she had n't remarried — and a child who he supposed must be getting on for four . |
| 19 | The company said last week that 3,300 production workers at its Ryton plant , at Coventry , would be laid off for four days from today because of a drop in demand from continental Europe . |
| 20 | The company has an agreement with its work force that when work is short employees will be laid off for two weeks on full pay [ and ] after that they will have to apply for unemployment benefit … . |
| 21 | But there was only two of us and the firm did not want to keep you on , realizing that you could be coming up for fifteen , they they finished you . |
| 22 | ‘ It will be useless to observe to the Society that it is of the greatest importance to procure a place as soon as possible , if the Professor is not enabled to begin his Lectures by Christmas ( 1791 ) the establishment will be put off for one year — the Zootomy being strictly the first part he is to begin to teach to the pupils , which everyone knows could not be attempted in the Summer — and it would be feared too long a delay might hurt the success of the establishment . ’ |
| 23 | Lice can be cleared best with special lotions which evaporate on contact with the scalp and should be left on for 12 hours before shampooing away . |
| 24 | He suffered a jaw broken in two places which had to be wired up for five weeks . |
| 25 | David 's application was successful and along with nine other students he will shortly be setting off for one of eight specially selected Earthwatch projects for two weeks of hard work , learning and fun . |
| 26 | The mine district could be shut down for three months . |
| 27 | Each piece of gum should be chewed firmly for twenty minutes to obtain the full effect . |
| 28 | It is true that warrants to the police in criminal investigations may be renewed only for one month . |
| 29 | Tory MPs protested the measures may be held up for two years because of delays on the Bill to ratify the Maastricht Treaty . |
| 30 | The second principle simply says that ‘ personal data shall be held only for one or more specified and lawful purposes ’ . |