Example sentences of "up for the [num ord] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition to having worked in Germany and the USSR , and lived for some time before the war in France , I was brought up for the first five years of my life in India in a native state where I was the only white child . |
| 2 | Have you been er worrying about Margaret Thatcher tearing a pound note up for the last twelve thirteen years ? |
| 3 | They holed up for the next two days in Leatherslade Farm House … at Oakley twenty seven miles away . |
| 4 | ‘ My rent is paid up for the next six months , ’ Caro had assured her airily , ‘ before I knew I was leaving . |
| 5 | He said : ‘ I am 24 now and I am signed up for the next five years . |
| 6 | Perhaps he thought that if he made a success of the concert party , word would get around amongst show business that here was someone to keep an eye on , and his big chance might come ; that someone important in the music world might come up to him with a contract in his hand and sign him up for the next ten years as a successor to Sir Malcolm Sargeant . |