Example sentences of "for [num] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | For eight hours ' sleep , I 'd knock off God and hang the frame on Jesus . |
| 2 | For shifting material with a horse and cart James Bell was paid £1 : 12s. : 0d. for eight days ' work . |
| 3 | Land nearby had been bought up for 300 workers ' houses . |
| 4 | He has devised a vitamin and mineral supplement called Ultra-Detoxi for the Nature 's Best brand : £16.50 for 30 days ' supply . |
| 5 | But Main Line contended it had reached a binding verbal agreement with Basinger , who was to have been paid £2m ( 3m dollars ) for six weeks ' work , and that she backed out of it four weeks before shooting was to begin in 1991 . |
| 6 | ‘ Then you 'll owe me for six months ' work . ’ |
| 7 | A landlord can distrain against goods and effects compromised in the bankrupt 's estate but only for six months ' rent accrued due before the commencement of the bankruptcy ( s347(1) ) . |
| 8 | These contain eight projects and provide material for 100–120 hours ' teaching . |
| 9 | There is no outside view of any sort and the only time they leave the cell is for weekend visits from relatives , bi-daily showers or for 45 minutes ' daily exercise . |
| 10 | Roderick Newall , who has been held in Gibraltar since being arrested at sea last August , was kept in hospital for three hours ' observation before being returned to prison . |
| 11 | is going to happen , it 's a question of whether we g go for three hours ' training we I think we 're agreeing that some sort of preliminary training is going to come forward but not necessary three hours . |
| 12 | Jed-Forest signed a £30,000 deal for three years ' backing from the TSB , Melrose will receive a minimum of £10,000 this season from Concept Group , sponsorship which , through bonuses , could rise to £15,000 if they win the national championship and the Border League , and Stewart 's Melville have a season 's £15,000 support from Dial Office Systems . |
| 13 | Thatcher gets £250,000 for three days ' work |
| 14 | I was just checking here in from the book by and I was looking at the chapter here on Roses Rivetus and er and it was on the mission to Munster here that er Third Combat Mission once a day for three days ' running was to Munster it was this ill-fated mission that made the reputation as the bloody Hundredth and of course this is the one that he only came back from . |
| 15 | ‘ The Adventists have an agreement with the Town Hall to give each woman 100 pounds weight of donated US foods monthly , in exchange for three days ' municipal work a week . ’ |
| 16 | AND J.Danforth Quayle 's secret servicemen have been off , at taxpayers ’ expense , for three weeks ' skiing tuition . |
| 17 | I applied to join the Royal Air Force and ended up in the Pay Corps , stationed initially at Devizes for three months ' square-bashing . |
| 18 | That order was for three months ' duration . |
| 19 | The general rule is that the penalty available in such circumstances is the same as that for the substantive offence incited , in this case level three , and since the legislature , thought that greater punishment than that was appropriate , specific provision is made for three months ' imprisonment , or a level 4 fine . |
| 20 | The Economy and Tourism Minister , Georgios Souflias , left the government for three months ' sick leave on Sept. 15 and the post was assumed on Oct. 1 by the Prime Minister , Konstantinos Mitsotakis , who appointed Efthymios Christodoulou , previously the Deputy Foreign Minister for European Community affairs , as Deputy Economy Minister . |
| 21 | At the Lincoln parliament of 1316 , with Lancaster at the head of the council , a campaign in Scotland was planned and the proposal to levy one man from each vill was revived , with the vill responsible for wages for sixty days ' service . |
| 22 | They looked about ten , with long hair , both so brown and handsome I could have hugged them ; if I were a woman I would have made a date with them for ten years ' time . |
| 23 | Training has been completed for the week , and the platoon which paraded for its Pass-Off today has now left the barracks for ten days ' leave prior to posting to various battalions in England , Ulster and around Europe . |
| 24 | As I mentioned on the phone yesterday : update on music permissions that have developed since last week : Waterfront ( Simple Minds ) ( confirmation awaited from artists ) and I Like Driving in my Car ( Madness ) will be £75 each for 3 years ' world license , excluding USA . |
| 25 | Had he agreed to resign , he would have been entitled to his superannuation for 29 years ' service in Poor Law Institutions ; as it was , he was given only the nine years entitlement from his time at Bedford . |
| 26 | The Imperial Service Medal has been presented to Mr Jimmy Ward , 65 , of St. John 's Road , Hipswell , for 29 years ' service with the Ministry of Defence . |
| 27 | In a broadcast on Aug. 19 , he said that from Oct. 1 , privatization vouchers for 10,000 roubles ' worth of state property would be distributed free to every citizen [ see also p. 39056 ] . |
| 28 | On the left , new and special projects programming executive Brian George receives his award for 25 years ' service from logistics director Mike Cozens . |
| 29 | Stephen Kunz , Technical Manager , receives his watch for 25 years ' service . |
| 30 | Duncan Dawson ( left ) is photographed with Engineering Manager , Ian Haveron , after being presented with his watch for 25 years ' service . |