Example sentences of "for two [adj] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For two blissful weeks we explored the islands : fishing , swimming , wandering over moorlands to distant trout lochs and seaweed-fringed pools , alive with silver sea-trout . |
| 2 | For two perfect Sundays they scrambled side-by-side over the lichen-dappled rocks of the valley wall , the aquamarine sky above reflected in the ribbon of sea below them . |
| 3 | For two hundred quids we are talking Les Miserables , |
| 4 | While understanding such economies has been a central aim of Western economists for two hundred years there is a great deal which has not yet been understood . |
| 5 | Paths plan : Walkers turned out to hear plans for two new footpaths which could be located on the outskirts of the village . |
| 6 | For two thousand years we lived in darkness . |
| 7 | And for two thousand years we have had a government not our own . |
| 8 | For two thousand years we have done that . |
| 9 | For two thousand years there has been an unresolved question : whether word endings of nouns and pronouns , as well as articles , are an extension of the qualities regarded as male or female . |
| 10 | Included in the recommendations is for a two day training course , costing fifty thousand for two thousand places it 's excellent except we 're told in the report that we ca n't get people on courses however good they is es especially among , er , small companies . |
| 11 | The Americans arrived on Concorde at the start of the week desperate to make amends for two successive defeats which had stung their national pride . |
| 12 | For two long years I lived the life of a slave . |
| 13 | Police are stepping up their hunt for two armed raiders who 've kidnapped and threatened shop managers in a spate of robberies . |
| 14 | Police are looking for two white youths who were seen running away . |
| 15 | He continued his studies at Leiden , where he learned of the death of his father in 1644 , and for two more years he travelled further in France and the Netherlands . |
| 16 | Just as Landi provided comic relief in La morte d ‘ Orfeo , so he did again in Alessio with a duet for two frivolous pages who mock the saint . |
| 17 | They begged him to desist , in order to give them some words of edification , and for two consecutive hours he proceeded to give them excellent exhortations , while at the same time never ceasing his writing — and all the while what he was writing was not the same as what he was speaking . |
| 18 | But how was it possible for two different people who clearly knew some basic mechanical principles to have a go and produce answers that were nonsense ? |
| 19 | It 's hoped that around £10,000 will be raised for two local charities which help the homeless ; the Lincoln YMCA and The Nomad Trust . |
| 20 | A careful search had been made for two orphaned children whom the Sheikha could foster and love as her own . |
| 21 | POLICE in Craigavon are searching for two teenage girls who have been missing for five days . |