Example sentences of "for four [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , what do they expect for four an' 'alf quid ? ’ he asked the nag . |
| 2 | For four and a half centuries the village and manor have belonged to the Earls of Pembroke . |
| 3 | The effect of Christian Democrat hegemony for four and a half decades has been the perpetual incumbency of a small circle of politicians . |
| 4 | Those who were lucky enough to see these two players in the same Palace team for four and a half seasons were certainly among the most privileged of the club 's patrons . |
| 5 | The opening batsmen concentrate on nudging singles , hitting the bad ball for four and keeping their wickets intact , to give their side ‘ a platform ’ from which to launch a later assault with ample wickets in hand . |
| 6 | I hit one six and then instead of just trying to hit a single from the next I tried to hit it for four and was out . |
| 7 | I even wore those same trainers that had been glued to my feet for four and a half months . |
| 8 | Not bad for four and a half months of the University 's time , I suppose . |
| 9 | For four and five she spells from the other end and for six she again spells the letters . |
| 10 | Any other woman would have been spitting angry at being kept waiting for four and a half hours . |
| 11 | At the islands ' police headquarters they were detained for questioning for four and a half hours . |
| 12 | But nothing prepares you for four and a half hours climbing up crumbling ice . |
| 13 | The court heard that while on bail Hart , who was also banned from driving for four and a half years , was caught behind the wheel in a pub car park but refused to take breath tests . |
| 14 | For example , supposing you 're knitting pattern 1–10 ( Fig. 1 ) which is 24 stitches wide , and your knitting is 108 stitches wide so you have space for four and a half repeats . |
| 15 | Thence it runs directly southwards for four and a half miles to Woodstock . |
| 16 | I was out for four and a half months , then I gave myself up because I was carrying my daughter , Sasha . |
| 17 | Set a daunting 248 to win by the tourists , New Zealand were struggling at 94 for four and needing to score at over seven runs an over , but Crowe and a timely 44 not out off 28 balls by teenager Jeff Wilson saw the Kiwis home at 250 for seven . |
| 18 | Dai Qing , a journalist on the intellectual newspaper Guangming Ribao who had been imprisoned for 10 months after the 1989 crackdown , and Hou Xiaotian , wife of the imprisoned dissident Wang Juntao , were detained by police for four and two days respectively after being contacted by US embassy officials to arrange a meeting during the visit . |
| 19 | A Glasgow man 's been jailed for four and a half years for blackmailing gay businessmen . |
| 20 | The Judge held that George was responsible for instigating the crime and jailed him for four and a half years . |
| 21 | Kevin Kennedy , who 's twenty two , was jailed for four and a half years . |
| 22 | Army bomb disposal experts arrived at Dorton late this afternoon to join the search of the trackside that had already been going on for four and a half hours . |
| 23 | A woman who staged an IRA bomb hoax at an army barracks after being jilted by a soldier has been jailed for four and a half months . |
| 24 | The overall winner will get a trip to Walt Disney World in Florida for four and £500 to spend . |
| 25 | His team declared on 235 for four and the home side were 202 for five at the close . |
| 26 | With Byas and White wasting no scoring opportunities , Yorkshire required 41 off five overs and their task became less demanding as Byas clubbed Hayhurst for four and six , the big hit just brushing Caddick 's fingers before clearing the rope . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'd take it off your hands for four and a half thousand . ’ |
| 28 | Got a got a pair of twos there ee by heck ! for four and a pair is six well I think I 'll have I 'm afraid two eights , two o , two eights , two tens and then nine did n't ask for that but I had to throw a pair of twos away for that and go in there you go . |
| 29 | Thirty for four and again . |
| 30 | Caught down the leg side , he was n't going to walk , he waited for umpire Bird , and that 's the Lawrence delighted with England of course too , DaSilva , caught down the leg side , a good catch there by Russell and Sri Lanka now a hundred and nineteen for four and DaSilva is out caught Russell , bowled Lawrence for eighteen . |