Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [adv] for [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am here for one year . |
| 2 | ‘ I am away for eight months a year and we hardly see each other . |
| 3 | I am away for four weeks . |
| 4 | When I go abroad on holiday , I think : I 'm here for two weeks , I can either sit here fully dressed for a whole fortnight , or I can take my leg off and jump in the pool . |
| 5 | I came here briefly last year and found it the most comfortable of cities to walk about in , so I 'm here for two months to learn Spanish . ’ |
| 6 | I 'm here for one reason — to do a job , and I mean to carry it through to the best of my ability , with or without your approval . |
| 7 | Then she told him calmly , shifting her gaze slightly , ‘ I can assure you I 'm here for one reason and for one reason only … in order to help your cousin with her English . ’ |
| 8 | I 'm here for three weeks , barring accidents or terminal boredom . |
| 9 | because I 'm charged exactly the same whether I 'm there for three hours or twenty minutes ! |
| 10 | Because it 's there 's if I 'm there for three weeks and they only want a score card done then my potential earnings er total earnings are that but I 'm there anyway so if I 'm getting both of them done then I can earn a lot more money . |
| 11 | I , I , I mean I do n't know , I was n't there for half the things she was talking about last night , I mean I was upstairs for three quarters of an hour trying to go to sleep |
| 12 | And all of a sudden I was here for six months and then it was , then it 's a fucking year . |
| 13 | After I was there for six years |
| 14 | And er well I was there for eighteen month as a yard inspector . |
| 15 | I was there for four days , about four or five interviews , then I was taken to Kilburn for an identification parade . |
| 16 | About 12 years ago I was there for four months , and it was 16 weeks too long . |
| 17 | I was there for two weeks . |
| 18 | I was there for two years . |
| 19 | I was there for twenty years . |
| 20 | I was there for twenty years . |
| 21 | I was there for 6 weeks before the German Paratroops arrived ’ . |
| 22 | Lothian Regional Council commented on the previous application ( No. 396/90 ) , which was originally for 56 houses , and advised that the proposal was consistent with the Structure Plan . |
| 23 | Because when all said and done if at the end of two days you do n't feel that you 're any better at making a presentation then when you started then why have you been here for two days . |
| 24 | Sometime in the future you may wish to let your home whilst you are away for six months or more . |
| 25 | If we work together then , perhaps , you will be here for a few months , if we fight then you are here for fourteen years ’ |
| 26 | You 're there for three days and and Sunday night . |
| 27 | Well she were there for two hours just trying to . |
| 28 | In fact , if she were there for two months , it would be unlikely that it would regard her as a resident . |
| 29 | The you said , that you were away for six years . |
| 30 | You were there for four years and the they , they did n't just , if you were n't in by ten and you did n't get your proper night 's sleep then you would n't be any good on the wards the next morning . |