Example sentences of "[be] [verb] for 12 [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has been operating for 12 months and has assembled a team of 30 engineering staff . |
| 2 | Mrs Robson had contacted the Echo a few weeks ago to say that her brother 's cast-iron bath was 40 years old and had not been used for 12 years . |
| 3 | Mrs Robson had contacted the Echo a few weeks ago to say that her brother 's cast-iron bath was 40 years old and had not been used for 12 years . |
| 4 | Bob Peckham has been juggling for 12 years he regularly entertains shoppers in Oxford city centre . |
| 5 | She 'd been divorced for 12 years . |
| 6 | Sentence had been deferred for 12 months for good behaviour . |
| 7 | The layer should not be disturbed for 12 months . |
| 8 | Also among those released was Aleke Banda , a former secretary-general of the ruling Malawi Congress Party ( MCP ) who had been detained for 12 years without charge ; he was at one time considered to be the heir-apparent of the ageing President Hastings Banda . |
| 9 | Ballot papers and counterfoils are stored for 12 months after every election in a secure government storeroom before being destroyed . |
| 10 | The striking out is automatic as compared with Ord 13 , r 3(4) where the court has to give notice of intention to strike out where no action has been taken for 12 months . |
| 11 | Biotinylated anti-mouse IgG and Streptavidin were applied for three hours or 30 minutes , respectively , whereas the subclass specific goat anti-mouse IgG conjugates were applied for 12 hours . |
| 12 | ‘ We were looking for 12 matches or even 16 , ’ David Brook , the club president , said . |
| 13 | Rain caused a landslide , resulting in the A1 bypass at Newcastle being closed for 12 hours . |
| 14 | In ‘ Partnership ’ , again local authority-owned land was made available for private development , but the new dwellings were reserved for 12 weeks at a stipulated price for purchasers falling into a restricted set of categories of which the most important were first-time buyers on the housing waiting list and households from slum-cleared areas . |
| 15 | It was announced on June 8 that the parliamentary term due to end on June 9 was being extended for 12 months in view of the " war situation " . |
| 16 | Inhaled β 2 agonists and drinks containing caffeine were withheld for 12 hours before each study . |
| 17 | Queensland batsman Greg Ritchie was dined $A500 for abusive language when dismissed in the NSW match at Sydney , the penalty being suspended for 12 months . |
| 18 | Daily Telegraph We 've moved beyond grazing into gulping Al Rosenfeld , publisher of Frozen Food Age A Czech store manager has been jailed for 12 years for stealing-and eating-nearly £60,000 worth of food . |
| 19 | A MAN who blew up a motorist with a home-made bomb , has been jailed for 12 years . |
| 20 | A 25-year-old man who raped three women , one of them six months pregnant , has been jailed for 12 years . |
| 21 | Coun Stenson did not attend a governor 's meeting for 12 months . |
| 22 | The system using freezing instead of hot branding has been working for 12 years and the firm has now won a Royal Warrant . |
| 23 | The shoes , which are available in the shops now , are guaranteed for 12 months . |
| 24 | One of the rebels , vice-chairman Ronnie Teese , 56 , who has been banned for 12 months , said the club was ‘ terrified of the can of worms they might find ’ . |
| 25 | The application of Mr. and Mrs. Collins was delayed for 12 months on this score without the Housing Executive giving any idea of the reason for the delay . |
| 26 | Earl Godwine held it , and in the time of King Edward , as now , it was assessed for 12 hides . |
| 27 | AMAN who hired two youths to firebomb his neighbours after they complained about his loud music was jailed for 12 years yesterday for manslaughter . |
| 28 | A GRANDFATHER who raped three schoolgirls more than 1,000 times was jailed for 12 years yesterday . |
| 29 | Police think the killers targeted them after their son Paddy , 23 , was jailed for 12 years recently for possessing a 1,200lb bomb . |
| 30 | Allan Pursuitte , an American , was jailed for 12 years and ordered to be deported . |