Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] for five [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Now , will everyone act sensibly for five minutes ? ’ he said . |
| 2 | ‘ Ca n't you stay still for five minutes ? |
| 3 | Individuals entering the scheme — which will run initially for five years — do not have to prove there are corncrakes on their land . |
| 4 | They did not meet again for five months . |
| 5 | I 'm I 'm gon na go home for five minutes . |
| 6 | Fielding would let them drawl or quack away for five minutes , before asking , with a strategic glint : And Shakespeare ? " |
| 7 | They ca n't get here for five hours . ’ |
| 8 | Then after the elections , the elections are to have a constituent assembly and that constituent assembly will work out our new constitution in the country and from that constituent assembly we hope also to form a national government of unity , of national unity and that 'll continue maybe for five years in order to give stability to the country and this of course also means a concession because it 's a concession to the existing power structures to have some kind of stability . |