Example sentences of "[verb] for [num] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Branson held her to contract for five more months , preventing her from working anywhere else , until he decided it was unreasonable to hold her any longer , and she was at last able to find work elsewhere in the record industry . |
| 2 | Although he lived for eleven more years , he did not stand again . |
| 3 | The collaboration between Nicholson and Hellman was to continue for two more pictures . |
| 4 | We speak of the ‘ sacrifices ’ we make for one another — that notion rings many bells . |
| 5 | Cook for 2 more mins then add the lemon juice , mint and parsley and season generously . |
| 6 | Finally add the courgette , cover , and cook for 2 more minutes . |
| 7 | Alexander O'Neal , Freddie Jackson and Luther Vandross could substitute for one another if one of them got sick , while a new ‘ Women ’ category has been opened to accommodate Tanita Tikaram , Suzanne Vega , Tracy Chapman etc . |
| 8 | Whaling ban upheld for one more year |
| 9 | ( Ulisse is written for four such parts . ) |
| 10 | International mediator Lord Owen appealed for thousands more peacekeepers to protect Muslims in United Nations-designated safe areas . |
| 11 | The apparent ability of these receptors to substitute for one another is strange in view of their strong evolutionary conservation ; perhaps , mused Chambon , their absence results in a phenotype that can not easily be measured in the laboratory . |
| 12 | You 're just made for one another ’ |
| 13 | Are not the two sexes made for one another ? |
| 14 | Yet they were now learning to kiss as if they had been made for one another , she thought in panic . |
| 15 | With the appointments the board retains a quorum , and Mr James is looking for two more members for the team . |
| 16 | Then the 62-year-old globetrotter from Bristol revealed he was looking for two more women ! |
| 17 | The Institute for Contextual Theology ( ICT ) in South Africa , a WACC member , is looking for two more editors to work on its new monthly magazine . |
| 18 | One badly wounded , police looking for two more , at least one of them thought to be wounded . |
| 19 | Stark is looking for one more win |
| 20 | TANDY LOOKING FOR THREE MORE BUYERS |
| 21 | On the other hand , the same music had to serve for six more stanzas — Pisano wrote fresh music for the short final one and therefore could not reflect details of the text . |
| 22 | This is the fifth home visit , and on-call duty does n't finish for eight more hours . |
| 23 | They go out together , babysit for one another , and sometimes get mistaken for friends or sisters taking their children out . |
| 24 | It can be done here 's the goal that United scored against Villa two weeks ago … what Brian Horton would give for two more like this tonight |
| 25 | With 1,465 golf courses now in operation and planning approval granted for 762 more , the heyday of farmers selling their land for three times its agricultural value may be past . |
| 26 | Louis Gerstner was by no means the first , and IBM Corp has been actively hiring executives from outside the company since the beginning of the year , Associated Press reports : it says that IBM has hired about 30 outside executives in the past two years and is searching for 50 more ; incomers include Robert Howe , 48 , general manager , IBM Consulting Group , former head of worldwide financial services practice at consulting firm Booz-Allen & Hamilton ; Michael Cannon , 40 , vice-president , personal systems storage devices , Adstar , former senior vice-president , worldwide operations at Syquest Technology Inc ; John Osborne , 39 , sales director , Personal Software Products , former vice-president of sales and marketing at Zenith Data Systems Inc ; Jon Cornell , 53 , assistant general manager , original equipment manufacturers sales and marketing , IBM Technology Products , former president , Harris Corp ; John Singleton , 56 , general manager , business development , Integrated Systems Solution Corp , former chief executive , Security Pacific Automation Co ; and Clare Thain , 43 , advertising and promotion director , IBM US , who was formerly the managing partner at Ronald James Direct . |
| 27 | The warmth which sisters and sisters-in-law may show for one another can cushion a woman against the harshness of her life . |
| 28 | While part of friendship is caring about each other to a greater or lesser degree , caring for one another is not an element inherent in the routine organization of friendship … the majority of routine friendships are not particularly well suited for providing the sort of caring community care entails , notwithstanding the friendship ideals that might make one think they would be . |
| 29 | You going for two this time ? |
| 30 | ‘ With guns made of wood and bought for one-and-six each ? ’ |