Example sentences of "[verb] for [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I joined Dateline then and went out with one person I met for two years , but then I moved away with my work . |
| 2 | On average , we met for three hours every ten days , constantly revising , exchanging and criticising so that in the end we had both had a hand in everything . |
| 3 | Once underground aquifers are polluted , contaminants can remain for hundreds of years . |
| 4 | He was staying up for four or five days at a time and then crashing for four or five days . |
| 5 | Mix to a smooth dough , knead for 10 minutes , the cover with a damp cloth and leave for 1 hour . |
| 6 | Turn onto a floured surface and knead for 5 minutes until smooth . |
| 7 | A nearby stream was polluted for 1,000 metres and 20 fish died . |
| 8 | And do you think for one minute they care a damn about you ? |
| 9 | Do you think for one minute that I want to live next door to a stinking curry eater or a mugging , drug-dealing , sweaty black rasta ? |
| 10 | You do n't think for one minute I 'm going to eat the filth I give to you ? |
| 11 | Being in with the gang did n't stop you getting hit but it meant that the Corporals might think for one second before lifting their fists Along with Mike the Rhodesian , Marius , Robert from Oberammergau and Chris , there was myself and a Frenchman called Tignet . |
| 12 | ‘ If we 'd listened to them do you think for one minute we 'd have got this far by now ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I did n't think for one minute that he 'd made it there under his own steam , ’ Simone murmured , and André laughed smugly . |
| 14 | ‘ Do you really think , ’ Alexandra had said earnestly , a pile of linen sheets in her arms , ‘ do you truthfully think for one moment that Aunt Emily would wish this room to be kept like — like a museum ? |
| 15 | Ca n't think for one minutes if for instance was interested in a deal with that he , that er that he would n't , only just to have flick his fingers and would crap themselves |
| 16 | I 'm going to investigate , see if I ca n't do a conv I do n't think for one minute I will but it 's possible do a conversion er into erm the box type . |
| 17 | I do n't think for one minute that there are teachers who are drunk in charge of children in the classroom . |
| 18 | I mean you would n't you would n't think for one minute that Aunty Mary came from . |
| 19 | As it happened , this queen mother was the most remarkable and able of them all , and it is therefore something of an irony that she had to wait for twelve years , until 1554 , and stage a successful coup , before obtaining the place which earlier queen mothers had immediately enjoyed . |
| 20 | The answer I tend to get off a lot of places is that I have to wait for twelve years |
| 21 | He had to wait for fifteen minutes before he was admitted to the Agency 's annexe . |
| 22 | Forbes thus had to wait for fifteen years or so before the coveted post came up ; during this time Jameson sometimes teetered but always recovered , and his courses and museum fell behind the times . |
| 23 | It is not uncommon to wait for 5 hours for the result to be obtained . |
| 24 | Aszal had all the documents required from a returning immigrant , but he was questioned for four hours and made to wait for four hours and then told he could go . |
| 25 | After the concert she had to wait for four minutes before McCartney could rejoin her … while he accepted a standing ovation . |
| 26 | ‘ The only mistake we made was to wait for four years before trying to sort out our lives , ’ Julius replied in an unruffled tone . |
| 27 | They also pointed to an incident during which a patient had to wait for four hours for an anaesthetist . |
| 28 | We only had to wait for five minutes for the first boooooom … and a second … and a third . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | We might well have to wait for six months before we found a prahu which was heading in the right direction . |