Example sentences of "was [adj] for [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After debriefing , he was due for two full days of leave . |
| 2 | More than four-fifths of non-executives thought it was undesirable for one person to be both chairman and chief executive . |
| 3 | According to sources that could n't be revealed , the Paradise Corporation had pretended that Sir Charles Dobson was alive for ten days after his death so that the leadership of the company could be handed over without shaking public confidence . |
| 4 | At weddings of the unpretentious kind it was usual for one or two singers to perform songs of their own composition , epic epithalamiums sung to an accompaniment of gentle clapping , interspersed with an antiphonal falsetto nasal chant from another singer . |
| 5 | During the 1970s and well into the '80s it was usual for four Pakistanis to fill four quarter-finals places . |
| 6 | However , while the views of my right hon. Friend the Member for Ashton-under-Lyne ( Mr. Sheldon ) on Europe have not always been similar to mine , I was pleased to hear him say that he could not see how it was possible for 12 Finance Ministers in ECOFIN — about which we hear a great deal these days — to control a European central bank established on the model set out in the present draft treaty prepared by the Dutch Government . |
| 7 | The result was normal for 39 ( 54% ) patients , rapid for 17 ( 24% ) , biphasic ( early rapid then normal ) for four ( 5% ) , and slow for 12 ( 17% ) patients . |
| 8 | ‘ I was unemployed for two years and I have just got a nice job . |
| 9 | My father , who was a well-qualified master mariner , was unemployed for four years in the 1930s . |
| 10 | ROGER LINTON , 27 , is manager of Dunbar 's tourist information centre and was unemployed for three and a half months before finding a job . |
| 11 | Driesch was wrong for two reasons . |
| 12 | It was dark for four months . |
| 13 | In his comments ( published with the Report ) Mr Baker agreed that this was appropriate for 7 year olds , but proposed that for 11 year olds greater emphasis should be given to the key skills of reading and writing . |
| 14 | James Andrews , a former Lloyds insurance broker , now unemployed , was ill for 18 months . |
| 15 | On one occasion he says he was ill for three weeks , until his friends prayed for him and he recovered that very day . |
| 16 | ‘ We took Bobby straight there but it was touch-and-go for two hours . |
| 17 | it was comfortable for two |
| 18 | His father was a small Nottinghamshire landlord who was glad for one of his sons to be quartered on the Church . |
| 19 | It was unfair for one man to be so attractive . |
| 20 | To kill someone , all she did was fast for three days and concentrate her mind on destroying the life of her enemy . |
| 21 | ‘ I was sick for two years . |
| 22 | I was sick for three days . ’ |
| 23 | and they used to go out to these units and take slides and er lecture to the , to the men about birds and er natural history and Mr himself he , he was famous for three different lectures that he used to offer . |
| 24 | They added experimental departments in agriculture , forestry and social research , and the school that was famous for 50 years in the world of progressive education . |
| 25 | Bradshaw 's ribs were broken and he was unconscious for 45 minutes . |
| 26 | I was unconscious for five hours , and suffered concussion and fractures . |
| 27 | Single parent Keith , from Stockport , was unconscious for 30 minutes and is now undergoing tests . |
| 28 | For the second period at Hinchinbrook , from May nineteen eighty eight to May nineteen eighty nine again at least one parent was present for eight hours each day and assistance was given with physiotherapy , occupational therapy and speech therapy . |
| 29 | I was stationed on Christmas Island for the British Megaton Trials during 1957–59 and was present for three H-bomb tests . |
| 30 | In both these marriages the sexual intercourse was unsatisfactory for one or both partners . |