Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [vb pp] [adv prt] for [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anil Kumble took four of the seven wickets to fall today and England could only quibble with one of them — when Graeme Hick looked to have been wrongly given out for 47 , caught off bat-and-pad at short leg . |
| 2 | There was always a long wait for an appointment , sometimes up to a month , and women were only kept in for 24 hours if it was a normal birth . |
| 3 | Where inmates were once locked up for 23 hours everyday a more liberal attitude now prevails . |
| 4 | Talybont were then sent back for 109 , Wheeler hitting 33 not out and Simon Lloyd Williams 31 . |
| 5 | Haynes was eventually run out for 62 and left the field in tears thinking he had lost his team the match , but by then only three more were needed and Roberts was striking the ball well . |
| 6 | Although stool collection in their study was only carried out for 24–48 hours , it was done at home . |
| 7 | Helen ( 20 ) was yesterday locked up for seven days for what the judge described as a ‘ nasty campaign of noise and harassment ’ . |
| 8 | The former England midfielder underwent surgery to remove a blood clot on Monday and was promptly ruled out for ten days . |