Example sentences of "it for [adv] two " in BNC.

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1 They had been at it for over two and a half hours before the searchlight finally picked out the slumped body in the yard of an abandoned farm at over a thousand metres on the slopes of Mount Guffone .
2 One of his discoveries was originally thought by some to be wrong as no one was able to replicate it for nearly two years ; however , Fleischmann was eventually proved to be correct .
3 I did not suffer any side effects myself from the new drug but , after I had been taking it for nearly two years , I became pregnant .
4 I did not suffer any side effects myself from the new drug but , after I had been taking it for nearly two years , I became pregnant .
5 Follow it for around two miles on the loch shore then turn right to gain a ridge .
6 It is clear the event has Wilson in its grip , despite his being associated with it for only two years .
7 ‘ He quit after a fairly short time — I think he may have done it for only two terms .
8 The first time I wore this , I 'd had it for about two months and I was talking to Princess Margaret , but as we spoke , I could see she was following my hand with her eyes .
9 Er well I come up here about every two to three weeks and then then I leave it for about two months and then er you know do it that way .
10 I have n't seen it for about two months .
11 Right , that 's it , that 'll do , I wo n't go any further and I can get the other things in well we had er , we had an aluminium friend , a double glazed enormous window over our landing and it was , the aluminium was so cold and it was conden there was so much condensation that we had a new window P V C put in , but I tried to sell this other window , cos it was beautiful you see , nothing wrong with it except you know , but nobody wanted it and I kept it and I had it for about two years standing outside and then I thought I can use that and I cut , it was a three section , three lots of glass all in one , cut down , divide it into two and one , and got myself a plant house under the erm
12 I had it for about two weeks before I told him I 'd got it !
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