Example sentences of "for [pron] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Who paid five pound for thee seven year back ? ’ |
| 2 | Those who are over thirty , and not fifty or over ( for whom nine months is the norm ) , or who have a theology degree , undertake twenty-one months . |
| 3 | It was they who caused a reluctant minister to accept , in 1963 , the introduction of an examination at 15 + other than O level ( the CSE examination ) specifically designed for the next 40 per cent of the ability range below the 20 per cent for whom 0 level was thought to be appropriate . |
| 4 | Lot forty two two Columbia portables there they are now , thank you , Lot forty two , fifty for them fifty pounds anywhere for the portables ? |
| 5 | Lot fifty five four phonograph horns and Lot fifty five , fifty for them fifty pounds anywhere ? |
| 6 | Lot fifteen thank you , is two portables , Lot fifteen , twenty for them twenty pounds anywhere at twenty at twenty pounds any more at twenty twenty two twenty five twenty five pounds down there , twenty eight thirty thirty five forty five fifty five sixty five seventy seventy pounds seated , now any more at seventy , seventy five eighty eighty five ninety ninety five one hundred one ten one twenty one twenty seated , any more at one twenty ? |
| 7 | It is very clear that today 's parents do n't fit the mould that society defined for them twenty years ago . |
| 8 | Having three daughters and an ‘ extended ’ family , I started knitting for them 30 years ago , but not spending a lot of money . |
| 9 | Septimus brought it down for me one Christmastime when I was just a girl — before the last war anyhow . |
| 10 | ‘ I remember when Jason first came and auditioned for me one day after school in his school uniform , very hot and perspiring , and a typical teenage schoolboy who had just run to the audition . |
| 11 | He designed that look for Susan Foreman , and indeed arranged to open his shop specially for me one evening so I could be ready for the production day next morning . |
| 12 | It finished for me three years ago . |
| 13 | But since my brother 's death it has been my duty to care for my two nieces . |
| 14 | I 'm looking for my two cousins . |
| 15 | In the pre-machinery days I used to start in August to hand knit gloves for my two school-boy sons . |
| 16 | And for my two friends here ? ’ |
| 17 | He led me back to the dining hall , vast and empty save for my two friends . |
| 18 | Between the noise of the bloody guns and clouds of bloody mosquitoes buzzing around my head , all I 've had for my two hours is more mosquito lumps on my face , and I 'm more tired than ever. , Taff and I chatted while he sat on the floor of the trench smoking his cigarette . |
| 19 | I then tried Miss Selfridge for my two girls , Tara and Katy . |
| 20 | It is n't working out for me , I 've been told I 've got ta increase my payments to a hundred and one pounds fifty two a week for my two children from my previous marriage , and I 've been told by Social Security that the hundred and one pound fifty two a week will take my ex-wife and her husband off income support , so I will be keeping her family and their child . |
| 21 | No , I 'm looking for my two daughters . |
| 22 | The excitement was too much for my two sisters who had been left to look after me . |
| 23 | And then I thought , now what am I gon na get for my five pounds ? |
| 24 | Can you recommend some dwarfs for my four foot tank ? |
| 25 | If I was to buy the pond version for my 90 gallon marine system , then would n't this be more efficient , due to the slower flow rate , compared to that of our Koi-keeping friends ? |
| 26 | Their U-24s knew too much for my U-16 year olds , ’ said Hill . |
| 27 | And I was still in time for my 13.15 departure to Sunderland across the footbridge . |
| 28 | For my three children , walking , toddling and cycling in the park has become a much more pleasant experience . |
| 29 | My task , apart from the usual household chores , was to get on with the work for my three summer O-levels and to get ahead by starting to work towards my A-levels — English , Latin and Greek . |
| 30 | But whereas her father earned the respect of his people by staying in London throughout the Blitz , the Queen has few positive personal achievements to show for her four decades on the throne . |