Example sentences of "and [verb] for [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Turn onto a floured surface and knead for 5 minutes until smooth . |
| 2 | Then he put his feet up on the bench and snored for ten minutes . |
| 3 | This is a 170g ( 6oz ) unit , also made of flat strip aluminium , and arranged for two axis presetting . |
| 4 | It was occasionally recognised , however , that self-defence might create more problems than it solved , as when Mr Punch recovered his wit and arranged for two anti-garotters to meet one dark night in a lonely street : |
| 5 | These were placed into a microfuge tube with 50 µl of water and boiled for 5 minutes . |
| 6 | Only women who are not in the same circumstances as most women can up and off for six months . |
| 7 | James went to the local police superintendent , one Smith , and asked for 100 police to be billeted on the colliery premises , as , otherwise , the safety men , who were frightened , would not come to work . |
| 8 | and somebody said it was because since the stockmarket flopped people drew out and put the money in building societies , building societies were bursting at the seams , did n't want to , and banks as well , did n't know what to do with all this money , so , somebody went in for a loan and asked for fifty thousand and come out with a hundred thousand , they could n't get it out , give it to people , a lot , a lot of people that really er were n't safe gambles |
| 9 | Pearson , of Tadcaster , admitted three arson charges and asked for eight others to be considered . |
| 10 | Youds was ordered to pay £100 per unit and £30 costs and asked for eight weeks to pay the £630 sum . |
| 11 | She admitted four charges of making a false representation to obtain benefit and asked for 18 others to be taken into consideration . |
| 12 | McCabe , of Millbrook Avenue , Brambles Farm , Middlesbrough , admitted three offences of theft and asked for six offences to be taken into consideration . |
| 13 | Then he rang some film company in London and asked for one of the most junior men in the public-relations office , and the girl could hear the phone being put down on him . |
| 14 | He admitted eight robberies between May and July and asked for two others and six attempted robberies to be taken into consideration . |
| 15 | What is certain is that on the bright and sunny morning of 4 June 1913 the forty-year-old Emily Davison called at the offices of the WSPU in London and asked for two of the union 's white , green and purple flags . |
| 16 | At the Old Bailey yesterday Everton , of Edmonton , north London , admitted three robberies and related firearms charges and asked for two attempted robberies to be considered . |
| 17 | The Queen was particularly delighted with these models and asked for two dozen to be sent to Buckingham Palace . |
| 18 | ‘ On my way down I sent a message to the sheriff 's office at the Guildhall and asked for two cursitors to make diligent inquiries amongst the taverns and stews along this side of the river . |
| 19 | Christopher Appleton , 18 , of Highmoor Road , Darlington , admitted burglary and asked for two offences to be considered . |
| 20 | Anthony Killen , 28 , of no fixed address , admitted burglary , receving stolen goods and asked for two burglaries to be taken into consideration . |
| 21 | The youth , who can not be named for legal reasons , admitted three charges of criminal damage between November 1 , 1992 and February 28 this year and asked for four similar offences to be considered . |
| 22 | He admitted going equipped for theft , another burglary and asked for four similar offences to be taken into consideration . |
| 23 | Facts : pleaded guilty to six counts of theft , burglary and obtaining by deception , and asked for 14 similar offences to be considered . |
| 24 | Robert Wilkinson 25 , of Thornton Street , Hartlepool admitted two charges of deception and asked for 40 more involving bouncing cheques worth £4,000 and committed all over Cleveland and Durham to be taken into consideration . |
| 25 | This time Marko believed the mysterious child ; he went to the king and asked for three hundred barrels of wine and three hundred barrels of brandy , and for oxen to drag them up the mountain and men to dam up the lake . |
| 26 | Richardson , 22 , of Clevedon , Avon , admitted 33 fraud charges and asked for 48 others to be considered by Gloucester Crown Court . |
| 27 | They were fined £1,000 with £365 costs — and asked for 28 days to pay . |
| 28 | The vast majority of them had tried , and failed for one reason or another , to get into one or other of the local preparatory schools . |
| 29 | In poor physical condition they set off under the blazing sun , marching for fifty minutes and resting for ten . |
| 30 | ( ix ) Incubate extracted cells at room temperature for approximately 20 min in an appropriate dilution of the specific antibody in PBS — Tween + 3 mg/ml BSA , wash twice in PBS — Tween and stain for 20 min in the second ( labelled ) antibody diluted in PBS — Tween + 3 mg/ml BSA . |