Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] for [num] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | 135 for 3 became 138 for 6 and the writing was in its usual place on the wall . |
2 | we got this for seven and a half thousand |
3 | If people cared to read that record , they would know that for two and a half hours the Liberal Democrats proved beyond — |
4 | He took five for 51 and the opposition were all out for 155 , Saul Clifford making 41 . |
5 | Well now , although it was not much more of a job really than an errand boy 's , but as I did that for five and a half years I got to know the people at the pawnbrokers , the cycle agents I got to know them so well , I knew the staff , I got to know the people who were pawning clues and that regularly , I was getting more information every year . |
6 | On the fifth night he finally fell asleep when the electrodes were on and recordings were being made , and stayed asleep for two and a half hours until his wife woke him . |