Example sentences of "for [num] [noun] [conj] [pron] have " in BNC.

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1 I should like to take part in the epic-reading planned for 26 May if you have some passages available .
2 ‘ An initial contract may be for three years but we have to look further than that .
3 You go in for three days and you have a big dose of drugs .
4 In a large flameproof casserole , fry one large chopped onion and 100g/4oz salt pork or streaky bacon for 5 minutes until they have turned golden brown .
5 ‘ I have been a nurse for ten years but I have never seen a bullet wound .
6 Hold your breath for ten seconds while you have a good stretch .
7 As one teacher trainer put it not long ago , ‘ I have been in education for 25 years and I have never known morale so low .
8 I 've called British Telecom every day for five months and what have I got ?
9 I HAVE been happily married for five years and we have two children .
10 I HAVE been happily married for five years and we have two children .
11 I have been producing guidebooks for fifteen years and I have never thought of that .
12 In all the years , and I 've been it 's secretary now for fifteen years and I have n't had any trouble .
13 Pete says that on one flight recently he was up in the air for nine hours so you have to take food and drink with you to keep going … in this country survival is not a problem but it can be hard when you 're flying across deserts and things like that
14 My husband and I have lived in Germany for 16 years and we have two lovely children who were both born here .
15 Personally , I much prefer the former approach but having said that wo n't pretend for one minute that I have n't received one hell of a lot of advice from people in the past .
16 The team has only been going for one term and we have only played two matches against other schools .
17 I 've been with my current boyfriend for four years and we have a daughter .
18 I 'm 21 , I 've been married for four years and I have two children aged three and one .
19 The method is similar to that used in chapter 6 , where we predicted the regional median unemployment rate for each local area within that region ; the difference is that the prediction from a linear equation will only be the same for two cases if they have identical mortality rates .
20 ‘ As a driver who is generally considered as being more level-headed than most , I want to know whether there is any danger of me being banned for two months if I have an accident here at Phoenix .
21 ‘ I was unemployed for two years and I have just got a nice job .
22 Just for two weeks before we have our home leave together . ’
23 ‘ I 've been involved in football for 24 years and we have been talking about this problem for all that time .
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