Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv prt] for three " in BNC.
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| 1 | I need to sit down for three minutes or , me back 'll snap in two . |
| 2 | You set the a great egg race type topic to work on for three weeks . |
| 3 | Norma , 55 , was unable to lie down for three months while her neck healed after a fall downstairs at a friend 's house . |
| 4 | Very big , and also for the West Germans , because they 've got to absorb these sixteen million or so new er citizens and they 've got to pay for them until they pay for themselves , and meanwhile they 've got to carry various international costs , especially payments to Russia for the Russian troops who are going to stay on for three or four years , and pay for them to withdraw and pay to build barracks for them in , in Russia so that they can withdraw . |
| 5 | It would n't be realistic to expect Christmas to make up for three flat years , ’ commented Sue Butterworth at Silver Moon Bookshop on the Charing Cross Road . |