Example sentences of "[adv] for six [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | D' you know , the tree has n't flowered properly for six years . |
| 2 | Cook very slowly for six hours . |
| 3 | Their success revealed the misunderstanding had been going on for six years . |
| 4 | The present round of talks , which broke down and sparked the trade war between the US and Europe yesterday , has been going on for six years . |
| 5 | ‘ Ooh , well , let's see now , I s'pose it must be getting on for six weeks , now , ’ Cyril said . |
| 6 | However , she was taken on for six months by the Grantham and Kesteven Hospital in the children 's ward . |
| 7 | As a guide , there are roughly six glasses to a bottle of wine , 25 measures to a 70cl bottle of spirits and four glasses , or enough for six mixers in a 500ml/18fl oz bottle of tonic . |
| 8 | The Yorkshire is taking the same approach but also provides booster discounts that will cut the cost of a mortgage by 2.55 per cent for first-time buyers , but only for six months . |
| 9 | A landlord can distrain against goods and effects compromised in the bankrupt 's estate but only for six months ' rent accrued due before the commencement of the bankruptcy ( s347(1) ) . |
| 10 | In another disruption to the troubled plant 's operation , Kozloduy 's second reactor was shut down for six days in early January after an escape of radioactive material from the central circulation pump . |
| 11 | Persistent total weedkillers will kill all plant growth , perhaps for six months or more . |
| 12 | ‘ George Duffield let her breeze along for six furlongs on Saturday morning and she just flew . |
| 13 | Fiona & Paul had been together for six years before deciding to tie the knot . |
| 14 | I met my first boyfriend when I was in the fifth year at school , and we were together for six years . |
| 15 | They worked together for six months in project planning and Brown took a teaching job at the Strathclyde Business School which also allowed him to keep looking for hotel sites . |
| 16 | Seth had sent for Vicky four years earlier , when he first came to New Orleans , and they had lived together for six months . |
| 17 | I told him about my uncle after we 'd been together for six months and , though he was outraged , I persuaded him not to confront Joe or tell anyone . |
| 18 | They had been together for six months but fell out when he told her he wanted to see more of his friends . |
| 19 | She had smoked one pack of cigarettes daily for six years and was taking no medication . |
| 20 | Sometime in the future you may wish to let your home whilst you are away for six months or more . |
| 21 | They do n't want to get stabbed … or sent away for six months . |
| 22 | He asked for the divorce to be put off , which the King said was Mrs Simpson 's business , and he urged that she should go away for six months . |
| 23 | sometimes they come to Edinburgh and then go away for six months and come back to Glasgow |
| 24 | The you said , that you were away for six years . |
| 25 | It was the fact that she would be away for six weeks or more that had brought things to a head . |
| 26 | Loans were generally for six months and were interest-free . |
| 27 | One of the worst winters we had was at the start of the war , in 1940 , when the river was frozen over for six weeks right to the end of March and there was two feet of snow . |
| 28 | She left the Tyne yesterday for six days of sea trials and ‘ our worry is that it will not come back to the river but will be completed somewhere else in the UK ’ , he said . |
| 29 | I left in the following March , and went to a local authority home for six weeks . |
| 30 | And if he 's simply got tired of the pressure and gone off for six months to play golf and be with his family , they usually say he 's short of bottle . |