Example sentences of "be for twenty " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Miss Kenton ’ is properly speaking ‘ Mrs Benn and has been for twenty years . |
| 2 | And in fact housing is more affordable now , than it has been for twenty five or thirty years . |
| 3 | Consequently , relations between African countries and international companies were for twenty years characterized by a battle to take some degree of national control . |
| 4 | Cos they 're supposed to have , their budget 's for twenty and they 've only got fourteen . |
| 5 | Er the the room , the smallest room they have is for twenty five to thirty people |
| 6 | George Headley and Learie Constantine were the giants of the early Test years who did most to establish the team ; Garfield Sobers was for twenty years the supreme all-rounder of the game 's history ; Clive Lloyd devised the concept of a quartet of pace bowlers who would carry all relentlessly before them . |
| 7 | The lease negotiated was for twenty years at a rental of £20,000 subject to possible increases up to a maximum of £22,000 . |
| 8 | The only mortgage I 'd get was for twenty odd thousand . |