Example sentences of "for [num] [noun] [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She said Monday night I , er I do n't know whether we 've done the right thing by booking this holiday she said , I 'm thinking about the travelling in the air , it 'll be in travelling for eleven hours so she said I do n't know how I 'll be , I said it 's no use looking at it like that Alice now |
| 2 | We 're on the same side and you know and I know that some of the troops are gon na find that , I , my opinion is that some of the troops will find that hard going for eleven weeks unless they know exactly what the hell they 're supposed to be doing in |
| 3 | We also have the Castle Court development , complete with massive subsidies from the British government , which was built on the backs of the Smithfield traders , some of whom had been there for fifty years and whose original conception of a shopping complex run by local people was hijacked . |
| 4 | Anyway to finish that story about stopping and starting , I stopped there for fifty years and me mother was still alive when er when I at ninety three and when I retired in nineteen seventy nine , nineteen eighty I told me mum that I was finishing and she looked at me I told you that job would n't last and I , I , I mean I 'd done fifty years all but a few months . |
| 5 | I 'm suggesting we send that man a voucher for fifty pound that his company or he puts towards the next time they buy a full fare or an Apex and then we actually get fifty quid or a hundred and fifty quid . |
| 6 | Mercifully the traffic progresses for fifty yards before it stalls again , and the Rasta does not pursue her further , but Robyn keeps a nervous eye on her rear-view mirror . |
| 7 | for fifty quid and he only lives , well , hundred yards , if that , from the shop . |
| 8 | It was a joke — I had to cook for 70 people and there were 12 rooms and a pub as well that could seat 100–200 in summer . |
| 9 | ‘ Our original proposal was for 840 acres but we 're now going to file an amended proposal for 750 acres , ’ he said . |
| 10 | The Micro Hub can be configured for eight ports if you use MiLAN 's MIL 4084 Expansion Module or if you punch down extra lines to a splicing block . |
| 11 | Well they sent me , I went on a computer course two days before I went to in hospital and was away for eight weeks and I forgot totally |
| 12 | The disappointment with Wilson felt like Freud must have sort of lingered for quite a long time , cos it was not for eight years that he actually ventured on . |
| 13 | The Chirwas had not seen each other for eight years before our delegation saw them together . |
| 14 | Kate Spencer-Nairn has been in wheelchair for eight years since her treatment at the Churchill Hospital in Oxford.In a High Court damages case against Oxfordshire Health Authority , she 's claimed that her spine was n't properly shielded during radiation treatment for Hodgkin 's Disease . |
| 15 | Angela Jones , 26 , of the same address , said she had known Michael for eight years and they had lived together for seven . |
| 16 | She had been away from work for eight years and her second child was starting school when she saw an advertisement for a part-time market research executive . |
| 17 | To add to the combination , she has lived in Scotland for eight years and her Indian father is a vicar . |
| 18 | He was in Radio Times as a strip cartoon for eight years and his portrait has hung in the Royal Academy . |
| 19 | I was a member of AMMA for eight years and I understand its concerns , but I have quoted the brief which shows its support for the Bill 's underlying aims . |
| 20 | The world of secondary schools was one from which I had been absent for eight years and it had in the mean time greatly expanded , so that the new secondary modern schools now occupied most — although not necessarily the most strategically important — territory . |
| 21 | After National Service in the RAF , he worked for for eight years and it was during this time that he came in contact with , whilst the Belfast mill was being refurbished . |
| 22 | But history will record that McLaren solved its problem ( by setting up the car as they had for Spain ) , Hunt was on pole alongside Niki , Niki led the race for eight laps until his engine blew , Hunt then led it but was put under heavy pressure by Depailler , was suffering from the dry heaves inside his helmet and somehow survived to win a race from which Niki garnered nothing . |
| 23 | Says no that 's your money , you buy whatever you want for baby , I 'll buy she bought her one for eight quid and I says let's have a look at your one , yours are only eight quid I says , well how much were yours ? |
| 24 | There 's room for 30 windsurfers and lots of non-sailing friends at the Yenilmez . |
| 25 | Davies , a security guard , of Feltham , north London , was jailed for 30 months after he admitted two charges of false imprisonment and causing actual bodily harm . |
| 26 | It was the room they had shared for 30 years since they had moved in to claim his inheritance . |
| 27 | One resident , who did n't want to be named , moaned yesterday : ‘ It 's been called Eldorado Close for 30 years and we all used to like it . |
| 28 | Also , I 've been on my own for 30 years and I 'm rather set in my ways . |
| 29 | I 've worked in for 30 years and lots of us have worked for over 25 years and we do know that they are bringing in trainees in on higher salaries than ourselves , which obviously is quite upsetting when you 've worked a long time . |
| 30 | But he shows no bitterness that his life was placed on hold for 12 months while he made a full recovery . |