Example sentences of "[coord] [vb pp] for [num] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It was occasionally recognised , however , that self-defence might create more problems than it solved , as when Mr Punch recovered his wit and arranged for two anti-garotters to meet one dark night in a lonely street :
2 This is a 170g ( 6oz ) unit , also made of flat strip aluminium , and arranged for two axis presetting .
3 These were placed into a microfuge tube with 50 µl of water and boiled for 5 minutes .
4 Tubes were sealed and heated for three minutes at 100°C .
5 Mr George Daszczuk was pinned to the ground and mauled for 15 minutes as he was set upon by the two dogs , which had chewed their way through the wooden door of a garage they were guarding .
6 The specimen was then thawed at room temperature and homogenised for three minutes on ice in 4 volumes of 50 mmol/l Tris/HCl , pH 8.0 containing 1% Triton X-100 and 2.8 µg aprotinin/ml .
7 A screening programme for high blood pressure and related risks , begun in 1968 and sustained for 21 years in a defined community , gave us an opportunity to study long term management of high blood pressure in young adults in a social context , with data collected prospectively on originally unsuspected associations .
8 A JUDGE apologised yesterday to a shoplifter who was locked up and forgotten for nine months .
9 They attended art college together and co-habited for fifteen years .
10 Anti-lactoferrin positive patient sera ( as judged by ELISA ) were diluted 1:20 or 1:200 in PBS-Tween with 1% bovine serum albumin , and applied for 1 hour .
11 He spoke in his most important and official voice , and talked for twenty minutes .
12 In the Observer , Janet Watts had no reservations : ‘ Hannah received me with the warmth and courtesy she radiates in the film and talked for three hours without any refreshment but a tooth-glass of tap water , in which she toasted my health . ’
13 For instance you probably know that Christians believe that Jesus came alive again after being dead and buried for three days .
14 One 14 cm , 10 Fg , stent was positioned and exchanged for two stents after six weeks .
15 There were fifteen of them in the compartment , crammed and squashed for three hours since their loading from the Transit gaol .
16 She stamped her feet , wept and refused for two days to eat or — once her initial reaction had been volubly expressed — speak .
17 We encountered some problem lining up screw holes in the harddisk with holes in the mounting frame and settled for two fixings instead of the recommended three .
18 The law endorsed on April 1 specified voting procedures , and provided for two rounds of voting .
19 It was outspokenly anti-Welensky , opposed to white supremacy and campaigned for one man one vote and for independence .
20 Jorge Quintana Silva and another student , Carlos Ortega , were arrested on 4 January 1990 and detained for 10 months before being brought to trial .
21 She was taken to Darlington Memorial Hospital and detained for three nights .
22 For that they were detained and tortured for four months in 1981 .
23 Four millilitres of the complex were immediately added to the leucocyte suspension , gently mixed and left for 10 minutes at room temperature .
24 Once the formaldehyde has been liberated the room should be sealed and left for 24 h .
25 He entered Edinburgh University in 1719 and studied for three years , though without taking a degree .
26 One of the prominent candidates and activists at the Hunan Teachers ' College was eventually arrested and sent for three years to a ‘ re-education through labour ’ camp .
27 IRA man Philip Manning ( 22 ) of Springfield Crescent , also Belfast , denied the charge but was found guilty and jailed for 14 years .
28 THERE were angry scenes outside Inverness Sheriff Court yesterday when a new age traveller was given no time to pay a £500 fine and jailed for 14 days .
29 His co-accused , Denis Smyth , 23 , of Glendinning Road , Knightswood , was found guilty of an unconnected housebreaking and jailed for one year .
30 He was arrested and jailed for two years in 1977 .
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