Example sentences of "lasted just " in BNC.
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| 1 | It lasted just over three weeks and the immediate conflict was only resolved by the intervention of the Ministry of Labour and its Minister , Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland , who requested that the employers allow the existing wage rates to continue until a Court of Investigation , which was to be set up , reported upon the woollen and worsted textile trades . |
| 2 | JAMES COOK 'S defence of the European super-middleweight title lasted just 40 seconds as he was knocked out by the undefeated Franck Nicotra , of France , in Vitrolles last night . |
| 3 | The great train-shed , one of the glories of the nineteenth century , lasted just as long as the century itself . |
| 4 | The method of catching eels with a glaive or trident lasted just long enough in the Fens to be recorded on an early documentary film . |
| 5 | It lasted just 18 months . |
| 6 | The marriage lasted just 11 months , producing a daughter Sarah , now 20 . |
| 7 | The fifth-seeded South African 's embarrassing nice little earner lasted just an hour-and-a-half as he lost an up-and-down match to eccentric Frenchman Henri Leconte . |
| 8 | The poster campaign lasted just over one week , serving as a strong reminder to the party leadership of the underlying current of discontent among students and teachers . |
| 9 | Her visit lasted just over an hour and a quarter , and she left holding a birthday card for Prince Harry that had been made by the refuge children . |
| 10 | Because Allitt opted not to go into the witness box , the defence case lasted just two-and-a-half days against the prosecution case of two-and-a-half months , at a likely cost of about £1.5 million . |
| 11 | High hopes of a triumphal return lasted just over ten days . |
| 12 | The contest was run on a league basis and each game lasted just six minutes per half . |
| 13 | The journey on the ferry lasted just half an hour . |
| 14 | The injury-prone versatile Northampton player lasted just 39 minutes before dislocating his shoulder and booking his place on the plane home . |
| 15 | Sightseeing lasted just a couple of hours … the rest of the time was devoted to training and playing … |
| 16 | Kevin Keegan , the new kid on the managerial chopping block , lasted just two games before falling victim to the short fuse of frustration . |
| 17 | In contrast to Guinness I , Ward 's trial lasted just six weeks and was based on one charge . |
| 18 | The boys ' appearance before South Sefton Youth Court lasted just six minutes . |
| 19 | The court hearing lasted just over an hour . |
| 20 | In a wide-ranging speech that lasted just under an hour , Mr Kinnock focused on the economy , training and education , the National Health Service and the Gulf crisis . |