Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] for [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hunt goes on for two climbers after body is found |
| 2 | There are , of course , many occupations in which similar demands of constant readiness are made , but when it goes on for twenty years or more it is inclined to upset a good domestic relationship . |
| 3 | The king 's son mounted his horse again , and they rode on for seven days , until they came to the islands of the Black Sea , where there is such darkness that a spoon might stand up in it . |
| 4 | So upon this , my third post-chapel ‘ chat ’ of my first Lent term , ‘ The boy who refused to be confirmed at a Woodard School ’ was launched , and the annual , ‘ All those who have n't been confirmed , stay behind after matins ’ was to go on for four more weary years . |
| 5 | There was an army display on for one day only , Mrs Blakey had said at breakfast : the car-park behind the fish-packing station had been taken over for it . |
| 6 | Just sit down for ten minutes . |
| 7 | Alright , sit down for three minutes . |
| 8 | to sit down for five minutes after the tea , no the other one was , is that the biggest one ? , thanks , there you are |
| 9 | So I 've got time to sit down for five minutes before we go out ai n't I ? |
| 10 | And David Lee , spokesman for the Football Supporters ' Association said : ‘ We have asked the PFA to support the protest by asking their members to sit down for one minute on Saturday . ’ |
| 11 | I need to sit down for three minutes or , me back 'll snap in two . |
| 12 | Winsor & and ; Newton will be creating six ‘ mini studios ’ , each one dedicated to a different medium , where you will be able to sit down for 20 minutes and try out the materials whilst getting expert tuition in a small group . |
| 13 | Winsor & and ; Newton will be creating six ‘ mini studios ’ , each one dedicated to a different medium , where you will be able to sit down for 20 minutes and try out the materials whilst getting expert tuition in a small group . |
| 14 | It goes along for twelve months . |
| 15 | It was really a good play , ha , and it was done so well , and you were so close to it as well , you got in for two pounds , best thing I 've ever seen . |
| 16 | It is the house that your father lived in for fifteen years . |
| 17 | About £8 billion , including debenture repayments , is pencilled in for 1992–93 , largely from outstanding payments on already privatised assets . |
| 18 | One thing is clear none of this OO stuff is imminent in Oracle as SQL 3 is pencilled in for 1995/6 and an object storage manager will most likely follow that . |
| 19 | The prosecutor tells them that if they both confess they will go to jail for ten years ; if neither confesses they will get two years ; if only one confesses he ( the confessor ) will get just one year while his fellow prisoner goes down for 20 . |
| 20 | ‘ Got to observe strict ARP , you see , Miss , though here we are gettin' on for five months of war and not a peep out of a Jerry plane . |
| 21 | You set the a great egg race type topic to work on for three weeks . |
| 22 | Hunt on for two raiders who escaped with £1,000 from Yorkshire Building Society on Allerton Road , Allerton . |
| 23 | He 's , he 's already come in for one form put it , he 's obviously filled one form in , he came up and he said can I have an application form for that job in the window , so I gave him one and he went , oh well I 've just filled one in . |
| 24 | Yeah that 's what I 've come in for twenty for . |
| 25 | They 've just come in for ninety three . |
| 26 | Afterwards , warm down for 20 to 25 minutes . |
| 27 | Again , warm up for 20 to 25 minutes , do your repeats and warm down for 20 to 25 minutes . |
| 28 | And then it was thanks for the drinks and time to get back as another gang of wallies was booked in for one o'clock . |
| 29 | Not that she intended accepting any favours from him , but she knew he was booked in for two nights , which gave her time to return his hospitality if she could not manipulate tonight into a Dutch treat . |
| 30 | could find yourself let in for two or three hundred pound because |