Example sentences of "for [adv] [num] [noun] [conj] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Children should also work for only one hour before they start school . |
| 2 | Add the tomatoes and cook for about 5 minutes until they are soft but not completely disintegrated . |
| 3 | There when you go to the bank , you have to sit down for about two hours before they even think you 're there . |
| 4 | Those people have lived here for about two years and they 'll still say ‘ I 've got to go home because my old man wants his dinner . ’ |
| 5 | In a heavy-based frying pan , heat the butter and oil until it stops foaming then fry the peppers and most of the onions for about 3 minutes until they have softened . |
| 6 | well , she friend in the morning , so she goes to our friends so she 's there for about twenty minutes before they |
| 7 | She instructed Nina to radio for the county ambulance before climbing the stairs to the first floor of the jig and following the foreman along the boards for about twenty yards until they were able to see the injured man . |
| 8 | We then elected to stay on and opened up those two houses ( Bombay Burma ) for thirty officers who had been turned out of hospital from the fighting lower down , and Pop opened up St Michael 's school for about eighty soldiers until they were fit enough to go back to duty . |
| 9 | Boil chickpeas for about 30 minutes until they are just tender , then drain . |
| 10 | During the desper ate days of July , the wounded lingered in the foul , dark , excrement-ridden vaults of Fort Souville for over six days before they could be evacuated . |
| 11 | I am a hobbyist of some years standing and I have had my Hatchetfish for over two years since they were no bigger than ½ pieces . |
| 12 | Most of the sample group ( 82 per cent ) had been using for over two years before they first sought treatment . |
| 13 | One study found that nearly two thirds of patients had had their incontinence for over two years before they first sought professional advice . |
| 14 | A farmer and his wife have been teaching their son at home for over two years because they do n't want him to go to a special school . |
| 15 | They worked together for over three years before they fell in love . |