Example sentences of "for a [num] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And they could find themselves with , you know , somebody asking for a thousand of an item and it 's well worth their while therefore , spending a bit of money getting it there . |
| 2 | Lane , delighted to be hitting top form again with his Ryder Cup debut less than three weeks away , shot 64 in the Canon European Masters third round for a 16 under par total of 200 . |
| 3 | It is , however , extremely unlikely that any of us could find a use for a hundred of these cars , even if we could solve the problem of getting into them , and this illustrates a fundamental difference between the car and the computer , and another reason for speaking of a microelectronics revolution . |
| 4 | Smith drew for a 4 at the first . |
| 5 | I was looking for a 4 × 4 vehicle and either building could have housed this year 's import quota . |
| 6 | The man who so impressed Jack Nicklaus in last year 's Open struck a four iron to eight feet for a two at the next and added three more birdies . |
| 7 | A six-iron second shot reduced the 15th to an easy birdie , he narrowly missed for a two at the next and then finished three , three with first a seven-iron and then a nine-iron which landed close to the flags . |
| 8 | Norman birdied the 11th , coaxed home a six-yarder for a two at the 13th , and surged ahead with a two-shot swing coming on the next green . |
| 9 | Thereafter he did well to hold the round together , being helped by Palmer 's improvement which included him holing a 75ft putt for a two in a first-round 75 . |
| 10 | Er , I am mindful chairman that I embarrassed you acutely at the end of education meeting on Friday , erm , and I know that I , I have a circumstance coming up in February , where I have a child who is unexpectedly on a training day , erm , on a day where I actually have two meetings of this council , now either I get substituted , or we arrange for a one off carer situation . |
| 11 | The prices start at £59,400 for a one-bedroom villa , rising to £300,000 for a four to five bedroom detached villa with its own pretty garden and swimming pool . |
| 12 | If one stroke settled Wadkins , it was his second putt for a four at the first hole . |
| 13 | You 're always looking for a four on a par-5 , but at that stage you 'd take it as long as your main opposition has n't gone away . |
| 14 | The methods used for samples a ) and b ) can also be used for a 1 × 1 rib band . |
| 15 | According to the Independent Schools Information Service ( ISIS ) , the annual cost of boarding fees for a thirteen to eighteen-year-old son ranges from £3,600 to £8,400 ; for a daughter , £1,800 to £6,000 . |
| 16 | Prices start at £15 for a 7 × 9″ picture . |
| 17 | Colin Magee , of Douglas , receives our accolade for a hole-in-one at the demanding 188-yard second ( stroke index 6 ) at Rowany Golf Club , Port Errin , Isle of Man . |
| 18 | He three-putted both the fourth and 12th holes , had only two birdies on his card , and came to the last hole needing a four for a 73 for a ten under par total of 278 . |
| 19 | Full marks to Wallace , who finished with a seven feet putt for a 73 after almost holing his tee shot , a four iron , at the short 14th . |
| 20 | Prices start at £1,100 for a 386 with an 80Mb hard disk and 2Mb of RAM . |
| 21 | The union affirmed its opposition to 100 per cent coursework and support for a 20 to 70 per cent limit . |
| 22 | Bradley Dredge , last year 's beaten finalist , also looked poised for a 67 after a run of five straight birdies to the 11th on Dunluce , but happily settled for 69 as the wind reduced the 17th to a drive and short iron , but put the 18th out of range for everybody . |
| 23 | He three-putted both the fourth and 12th holes , had only two birdies on his card , and came to the last hole needing a four for a 73 for a ten under par total of 278 . |
| 24 | Annual costs for a 30 to 34-year-old are £278 for Europe and £327 global . |
| 25 | Condition the hardboard by brushing its rough face with water — about one litre for a 2400 × 1200mm ( 8 × 4ft ) sheet — then stack the sheets back to back flat on the floor for 48 hours . |
| 26 | Most sophisticated of all , Terry Gourvish , director of the London School of Economics ' business history unit , charges up to £150,000 for a three to four-year company history project employing two full-time researchers . |
| 27 | Shortly before , the dealing director had pressed a trainee dealer to offload 5,000 of these shares on a client , for a three to six month hold . |
| 28 | If you do such exercises fast and you repeat them , and manage to become breathless in the process for a twenty to thirty-minute period , you have combined your suppleness exercise with stamina exercise . |