Example sentences of "in [noun sg] for five " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has floundered in recession for five years . |
| 2 | Formal approval of detailed proposals , on which negotiations had been in progress for five months , was expected at the end of February . |
| 3 | ‘ In May next year she will have been in remission for five years , ’ explains her mum . |
| 4 | An obstructive episode was treated with bypass enteroenteric anastomosis and maintenance prenisolone and he remained in remission for five years . |
| 5 | SALT I , the most important of these , placed limits on the further construction of intercontinental nuclear weapon systems by both sides ; it was intended to remain in force for five years or until superseded by a more comprehensive agreement , and it was the first real fruit of negotiations that had been proceeding since the late 1960s . |
| 6 | A path is now being beaten to the door of McGrain , who could not convince anybody in the game to give him a job in management for five years after he left Celtic . |
| 7 | Hold the tong in place for five seconds them release hair |
| 8 | Angered by suggestions that his conduct was inexplicable and that he had not offered any constructive criticism during a 3½ hour inquest into Yorkshire 's dismal summer , Boycott claimed that the cricket sub-committee would not accept any form of responsibility : ‘ They have been in charge for five of the last six years but will not agree that they are at least partly to blame for the fact that Yorkshire cricket is in a mess . ’ |
| 9 | The board holds the funds in escrow for five years , during which it releases amounts only for attorney 's fees , and in some cases , for expenses incurred in earning the literary income . |
| 10 | In that year it was ‘ commonly reported by the commoners … that Mr Cromwell of Ely had undertaken , they paying him a groat for every cow they had upon the common , to hold the drainers in suit for five years ’ . |
| 11 | Peter Barron , 19 , of Lancefield Avenue , Newcastle , was remanded in custody for five days by city magistrates yesterday charged with attempting to murder PC Keith Richardson , who was stabbed after being called to a house burglary . |
| 12 | Roderick Hunt , defending Brooklyn , said he had been in custody for five weeks . |
| 13 | A spokesman pointed out the jet had been in use for five years and there had been no complaints until recently . |
| 14 | When Alfa pulled out of racing in 1952 , Fangio returned to Maserati but a bad accident at Monza , in which he broke his neck , put him in plaster for five months . |
| 15 | The 43-year-old dance king who grew up in Hartlepool , says : ‘ I was in plaster for five weeks when I injured my knee ligaments . |
| 16 | When I was forty I suffered from my very first migraine , I was in bed for five days with it . |
| 17 | With only an usher for company , he showed no outward signs of distress as he said : ‘ I had been in bed for five minutes waiting for my mummy . |
| 18 | But she 's actually been in bed for five days . |
| 19 | Although the then International Trade Minister John Crosbie staunchly defended the pact , the Economic Council of Canada , an independent advisory body established by the Federal Parliament , decided not to attempt to assess its impact until it had been in operation for five years . |
| 20 | The two men walked in silence for five minutes . |
| 21 | I was in hospital for five days but I do n't remember anything about that , either . |
| 22 | We must ensure that hospitals have well thought out discharge plans for every individual , whether he or she has been in hospital for five years or just five days , and that follow-up and after-care services are available for a lifetime if necessary . |
| 23 | Paton told the court he could remember nothing of the crash and claimed he had lain unconscious in hospital for five days afterwards . |
| 24 | It means that the 55-60 per cent of the electorate who voted against the Conservatives will get what they voted for , instead of the 40-45 per cent who voted for the Tories , putting them in power for five more unfettered years . |
| 25 | The power-sharing agreement calls for the establishment of a national unity after the election of a Constituent Assembly which would remain in power for five or six years . |
| 26 | He led off the line and stayed in front for five of the 15 laps before driving into the pits to have a misfire cured . |