Example sentences of "they [be] [adv] for [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are there for twenty four hours till they dry . |
| 2 | People living next to the site of a New Age festival planned for the weekend say they 're in for two days of misery . |
| 3 | They 're there for one reason and one reason only I know , cos I 've been involved in fox hunting , I 've shot and fished but I 'll tell you something , was also trained to hunt humans , going back many years ago , when I was in the Falkland Islands training for the event that happened eventually . |
| 4 | So they 're there for three years ? |
| 5 | They were out for two or three minutes , during which no one in the hall spoke . |
| 6 | They were together for four years , but Bailey recalls : ‘ I do n't think we ever saw each other . |
| 7 | Built by Richard , the first Earl of Burlington about 1679 , they were originally for twelve people , but were altered in 1920 to six dwellings of two rooms each . |
| 8 | They were there for five days and they were producing them . |
| 9 | They were there for seven hours protected by plain-clothes officers . |
| 10 | They were there for seven days and local people demanded new laws and tougher police action . |