Example sentences of "them for the [adj] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The tigress suckles them for the first six months , by which time they will weigh 100 lb ( 45 kg ) . |
| 2 | The debate will centre on alternative clauses : one outlawing all experiments on embryos from the moment of conception , the other ( the Warnock majority 's view ) allowing them for the first 14 days . |
| 3 | The corridors of the BBC are long and pea-green ( the 1984 setting of Orwell 's book , reputedly ) , and I followed a uniformed attendant through and round them for the obligatory ten miles before happening upon Studio B10 . |
| 4 | That does not mean we will hear nothing from them for the next 25 days . |
| 5 | And two companies with strong Australian transport interests , Britannic Shipping and Playmaker , have agreed sponsorship deals worth nearly £100,000 a year between them for the next three years . |
| 6 | There 's some that are going up at the moment to this pond , they develop them for the next three years to spend their life in the fresh water feeding , and what we 're trying to do here is to see just how many there are in , in the river er as a total . |
| 7 | I tell them to take their time ; it is hoped that the dog will be with them for the next ten years or more — what are a few minutes ? |
| 8 | But if we keep them for the next ten years they 're a a real bargain , if , if , if |
| 9 | ‘ And we have n't had a penny from them for the past two years or more . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've been chewing them for the past twenty minutes ! ’ |