Example sentences of "we [verb] [adv] for [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We found a neat village south of Peterlee called Elwick , complete with tree-decked , green , Tabatha Twitchet shop and two super pubs , where we lived uneasily for three years . |
| 2 | it was like Jersey , we lived there for twenty , twenty years did n't we ? |
| 3 | We got there for four . |
| 4 | Yeah we got there for ten o'clock and we had to wait till they 'd finished all the out-patients before they 'd let the in-patients . |
| 5 | Roping up , we moved together for 200 to 300 feet to the foot of the first big ice pitch in the corner system . |
| 6 | We slip out for five minutes and the lot will be sold before we get back . ’ |
| 7 | We roped up for one awkward pitch before reaching the summit , which was now cloaked in thick mist , the weather deteriorating rapidly . |
| 8 | As time was short we walked briskly for 4 hours , before deciding that we would have to set up camp for the night . |
| 9 | Perhaps if we win here for two more matches before the Test England would have more cause to worry . |
| 10 | We plod along for two or three decades with the occasional recording of individual sonatas and then along comes a centenary year and all and sundry are in on the act at the same time . |
| 11 | We stayed there for eight years . |
| 12 | We stayed there for five days — hoping to strike it rich , but had to be content with a car full of cuddly toys ! |
| 13 | We stayed there for ten and a half years until 15 September 1991 , without ever having any explanation as to why we were being held . |
| 14 | We stayed together for two years . |
| 15 | ‘ We have enough for three weeks ’ travel , ’ Bicker said . |
| 16 | Because I was at home , we sat down for two hours and talked it through . |
| 17 | Canice added : ‘ I do n't see us staying together for ten or 15 years — we all want to do different things . |