Example sentences of "that [pron] [verb] for [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How big are the sheets that you get for ten quid ? |
| 2 | In a large saucepan , pour the beer that you warm for 5 minutes . |
| 3 | Now for all those reasons madame speaker , this these orders er er today are inadequate , too little , too late , we ca n't vote against them , much as the the member who preceded me seemed inclined to vote against them and I wish that he had the g er the guts of 'is cu the courage of his convictions er he should vote against them , er we on this side are far more responsible er than that because to vote against them er might be an indication that we 're as much in frau in favour of fraud as members on the other side of the house , er we 're not in favour of fraud , we welcome any progress to detection of fraud , even progress that we asked for five eight years ago when the relevant legislation was passed . |
| 4 | A parallel-group study with 24 children given half the dose of evening primrose oil that we used for 4 weeks , demonstrated a significant difference between active and placebo groups , a finding that we can not explain . |
| 5 | The SMMT estimates that they account for 40 per cent of all kits sold in the UK . |
| 6 | He says that they sample for dozens of chemicals — the Severn supplies drinking water so they have to be accurate . |
| 7 | So greatly did they enjoy the celebrations that they stayed for three days . |
| 8 | So ‘ fit ’ and so well adapted were they , and so successfully did they dominate their terrestrial environment , that they survived for 140 million years . |
| 9 | The model of style proposed here is " pluralist " in that it allows for three distinct levels ( semantic , syntactic , graphological ) at which stylistic choices can be made . |
| 10 | David Lloyd , his captain at Lancashire , tells a story that once in a Gillette Cup match against Gloucestershire at Old Trafford , Clive Lloyd edged a ball from Mike Procter so hard that it went for six . |
| 11 | The swan became so attached to Sam that it stayed for twelve years . |
| 12 | The only good thing about it is that it lasts for six months , then immunity is acquired . ’ |
| 13 | Under Resolution No.6 to be put forward at the AGM the directors propose that the authority should be extended so that it applies for five years from the date of this year 's AGM . |
| 14 | He got him to hospital and the doctors said that he lived for 70 minutes , but he was dead by the time we got there . |
| 15 | The certificate shows that he served for 7 years 71 days as a private ; 2 years 310 days as a corporal ; and 10 years 349 days in the rank of sergeant . |
| 16 | There are rumours that he disappeared for nine years in Elfland ! ’ |
| 17 | He claims that he plotted for ten years to marry her . |