Example sentences of "for [adv] eight " in BNC.
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| 1 | So he waited for perhaps eight seconds before replying . |
| 2 | and I 'll say to him , right , okay , we 'll give you the five per cent r reduction for only eight months of the year . |
| 3 | It was decided to plan for only eight accidents . |
| 4 | I , too , have been employed in the catering industry for approximately eight years and hold similar qualifications to those of Mr Stewart . |
| 5 | Its 3.3V design enables the battery to last for approximately eight hours . |
| 6 | The fires had burned for approximately eight months , consuming about 2,000,000 barrels of oil at a cost to Kuwait of US$100,000 million . |
| 7 | The fires had burned for approximately eight months , consuming about two million barrels of oil at a cost to Kuwait of US$100 billion . |
| 8 | Bishop Peter has been bishop of Gloucester for just eight months and Prince Charles was among the guests at his enthronement in April . |
| 9 | Ironically it was part-time spinner Aamir Sohail who pulled the rug from under England by dismissing Ian Botham for 40 and Trent Bridge destroyer Graeme Hick for just eight . |
| 10 | Tracey Cole had been at Oxford University for just eight days when her body was found in her study bedroom at Oxford University . |
| 11 | He was chief executive at Storehouse for just eight months . |
| 12 | America 's visible-trade deficit narrowed to $4.0 billion in March , thanks to lower imports ; it was the smallest monthly deficit for nearly eight years . |
| 13 | Although Joseph Hyde had occupied the room for nearly eight years , he had done nothing to personalize it . |
| 14 | Jan stayed with us for nearly eight years . |
| 15 | Simon and Mary Jane Cole have lived here for nearly eight years . |
| 16 | But the effluent saga had lasted for nearly eight years and although the court appearances were relatively few and Laura herself never became directly involved , the publicity was unwelcome for a company which claimed the Welsh countryside as the key to its philosophy . |
| 17 | Customs sources claimed that the alleged ring laundered some £19 million in drug profits for Colombia 's Madellin Cartel , believed to be responsible for nearly eight per cent of the cocaine smuggled into the US . |
| 18 | With deep regret we have to report that who worked at Trowbridge Mill for nearly eight years as a press operator , died on March 30 , 1993 . |
| 19 | The longest , ‘ For A Child ’ , runs for nearly eight minutes . |
| 20 | The tour was originally booked , I think , for about eight cities starting in Cleveland , then Memphis , then New York . |
| 21 | I do n't like leaving her on her own too long ( I usually have to be away for about eight hours ) . |
| 22 | Millend stood idle for about eight years until it eventually became the home of The Mechanical Malting Company , later The Automatic Malting Co , who remained there until 1931 . |
| 23 | One mother , whose daughter has lived with her boyfriend for about eight years , constantly nags her daughter about getting married and feels deep personal pain and grief . |
| 24 | I use a packet mix ( sponge ) and set out petit fours cases , drop a teaspoon of mixture into each case and bake for about eight minutes . |
| 25 | British Airways staff are fantastic , whatever class you travel , and plied Kenneth with enough booze to soften the effect of two Sun journalists who approached us for a story and picture after we 'd been airborne for about eight hours . |
| 26 | Even a picture measuring 30 × 25cm ( 12 × 10in ) , which is large enough to display quite a few flowers and takes a fair amount of skill , would only need a backing 30cm ( 12in ) square , so ½m ( ½yd ) of material could be enough for about eight pictures , depending on the width of the material . |
| 27 | This pool was kept topped up , and the statue preserved , for about eight hundred years . |
| 28 | The second hit him in the back then travelled upwards for about eight inches before bursting out of his chest . |
| 29 | It 's the main settlement in one of the most beautiful dales in North Yorkshire — a well wooded narrow valley running north and south for about eight miles . |
| 30 | A single egg is laid , usually from November onwards , and is incubated for about eight weeks . |