Example sentences of "[verb] for six " in BNC.
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| 1 | The trouble was that after they were born , children had to wait for six years before they could be sent to school and forgotten for most of the day . |
| 2 | We might well have to wait for six months before we found a prahu which was heading in the right direction . |
| 3 | Insiders put it down to the pressure of competing for six and seven figure salaries . |
| 4 | I remember once thinking my mother was stark raving bonkers as she regaled me with a tale of the time she scrimped for six months to buy a pair of elbow length , white kid evening gloves , which set her back the equivalent of two weeks ' wages . |
| 5 | They 're disallowed for six months and then coming and |
| 6 | One student looking for employment had finished his grant entitlement in the first quarter of 1984 , and had been job-seeking for six months ( Table 7.2 ) . |
| 7 | His hair , untended , curled thick as a dog 's at his neck under a shapeless wool cap , and his mind was turned patently inwards ; far from seeking , or even thinking of the men from whom he had been parted for six weeks . |
| 8 | In the end it was the regular-footer Elkerton 's ability to hit for six every type of wave — leg-breaks , off-breaks , googlies , head-severing bouncers — that the Pacific could bowl at him that gave him supremacy . |
| 9 | And finally , not on the green sheet , I will tell you , to put you all out of your misery , that tea has been arranged for six thirty . |
| 10 | This diet was consumed for six days . |
| 11 | It is also worth while examining the Table for differences between the two time points ; one might have expected that those sustained at home for 12 months would possess fewer ‘ home care disadvantages ’ at referral than those sustained for six months . |
| 12 | It was flown for six years by the Canadians before it was sold as surplus in late 1947 by the War Assets Corporation . |
| 13 | The federal government of the United States of America embodies a separation of powers between the executive , headed by a President elected for four years , the legislative branch , Congress , which comprises the Senate ( with 100 members who sit for six years , one-third being elected every two years ) and the House of Representatives ( with 435 members elected every two years ) , and the judicial branch , headed by the Supreme Court . |
| 14 | The son of a drunken soldier lived for six years with his grandmother in one room . |
| 15 | McCabe , of Millbrook Avenue , Brambles Farm , Middlesbrough , admitted three offences of theft and asked for six offences to be taken into consideration . |
| 16 | In nineteen ninety , ninety one we asked for six point four seven four million in poll tax . |
| 17 | Stacked for six months this will provide a useful ingredient to dig into the ground in the autumn , either forked in when planting or used as a mulch . |
| 18 | Ten patients were treated for six months ; six patients withdrew because of adverse effects . |
| 19 | Only women who are not in the same circumstances as most women can up and off for six months . |
| 20 | This actually results in the needles tucking for six rows at a time . |
| 21 | The formal opening in December 1644 of the congress at Munster was delayed for six months , at least partly by quarrels over ceremonial . |
| 22 | Each pair was then vortex mixed for six seconds and centrifuged for 10 seconds , the supernatant stored , and the procedure repeated . |
| 23 | Each pair was then vortex mixed for six seconds and centrifuged for 10 seconds . |
| 24 | She gained some 25lb ( 11kg ) in weight during pregnancy , half of which she lost whilst breast-feeding for six months . |
| 25 | A man who allowed a greyhound to suffer for six weeks after it broke its leg has been banned from keeping dogs for three years . |
| 26 | His walk began at Passo Della Cisa , north of La Spezia , and he expects to be walking for six weeks or more . |
| 27 | Women supported the idea of compulsory leave from work as long as it was paid leave and called for the adoption of the International Labour Organisation 's Washington Convention , which provided for six weeks maternity leave before and after childbirth . |
| 28 | The Killing Fields , made in 1984 , was nominated for six Academy Awards and picked up honours for best supporting actor , photography and editing . |
| 29 | Trinidadian Simmons troubled the top-order from the outset , bowling Asif Mujtaba , having Aamir Sohail caught for six and Salim Malik caught for a duck . |
| 30 | The promotion means farewell to the Northern League middle , in which Winter has officiated for six years . |