Example sentences of "it [verb] for four " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eventually a cheque came , instead of being like , for six thousands er , nearly seven thousand it came for four ! |
| 2 | It rained for four days . |
| 3 | But you do not call an ecumenical Council and keep it going for four years at vast expense in order principally to repeat what is already well known to be the teaching of the Church . |
| 4 | The second part starts at the beginning of Term 5 , before the first teaching practice ; it continues for four further weeks at the beginning of term 6 in the same teaching practice school . |
| 5 | I 've bought all sorts really , but normally in the first week or two of getting paid , I 'd buy a gram or whatever and make it last for four or five days , so I 'd sort of have a quarter a day out of it . |
| 6 | It ran for four separate days over a period of weeks , followed by an exam when all managed to pass . |
| 7 | The next Easter , when the march sensibly reversed its direction , it stretched for four miles as it wound its way into Trafalgar Square , which held a crowd ten times as big . |
| 8 | Following the best of recent professional practice in assessment , it argues for four basic criteria : assessment should be criterion-referenced ; formative ; moderated ; and lead to progression . |