Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] for several " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sarah schemed for several weeks before daring to put forward a proposal . |
| 2 | ‘ And the TCCB 's directive for pitches has for several years now been that they must start dry . ’ |
| 3 | Proportional hazards analysis was used to estimate relative risks adjusted for several covariates . |
| 4 | Until 1986 Andy caddied for several players , including Gary Player and Bernhard Langer . |
| 5 | Ms Torcato worked for several newspapers and magazines in India and , more recently , in Gulf countries . |
| 6 | If , for instance , there has been a cold wind blowing for several days and the water temperature has been well down for the time of year , then the wind ceases and the sun brings a sudden warmth to the water , you can almost guarantee that the carp will begin to feed . |
| 7 | He was going to return in three days ' time , and had invited a large number of ladies and gentlemen to stay for several days . |
| 8 | While the Bakufu administration had for several decades been subject to criticisms from within its own ranks , a more serious threat to its supremacy emerged from within domains traditionally hostile to it . |
| 9 | However , the higher ground in Scotland and Wales is usually snow covered for several months in winter . |
| 10 | This retardation effect continues for several growing seasons and produces an indented conical depression . ’ |
| 11 | Shimazaki 's aircraft accounted for several ships in the harbour and in dry dock , one of the most spectacular explosions occurred at 0930hrs when fire reached the forward magazine of the destroyer Shaw . |
| 12 | IPC is looking for sponsorship deals for several of the magazine 's regular puzzles . |
| 13 | Although most trees produce few seeds in any year , the energy stored in each seed is sufficient for a seedling to grow for several weeks with little or no photosynthesis . |
| 14 | Silas sent her a look she was unable to define , and even as she tried to fathom its meaning their gaze locked for several long moments until he reached across the table to squeeze her hand . |
| 15 | The battle lasted for several hours and at about 10.30 p.m. there was a further clash as a crowd charged the police and was dispersed by a counter-charge . |
| 16 | Because of the finite resistance of the secondary winding it will be necessary to balance the bridge for more than one value of R 1 in order to find M. Balancing for several values of R 1 permits a graph to be drawn of the balance value of R 3 versus . |
| 17 | This shift occurred for several reasons . |
| 18 | Yet you are likely to need to know the exact date when your job terminates for several reasons , such as to ascertain : |
| 19 | Sun Microsystems Inc has a new desktop SBus Expansion Subsystem that provides three more SBus slots for several of the its workstations and servers , and enables use of single and double width boards ; it also accommodates up to two 424Mb disk drives and will be available from Sun Microsystems Computer Corp and SunExpress at $2,500 in July . |
| 20 | This symptom free period lasted for several days and even weeks . |
| 21 | Yorick screamed again — the high wail lasted for several seconds before it ended with a sharp report . |
| 22 | The restoration process lasted for several years , extending to other parts of the station , and eventually cost in the region of £10m . |
| 23 | The restoration process lasted for several years , extending to other parts of the station , and eventually cost around £10m . |
| 24 | California will allow out-of-state banks to enter its market from this year , so its big banks have for several years sought to concentrate on growing bigger in the local retail market through buying smaller banks and thrifts . |
| 25 | When I was convalescing after that last virus , my Good Samaritans in Cotherstone arranged for me to have the Meals on Wheels service for several weeks . |
| 26 | He also provided lyrics for a musical ( Whitaker was an accomplished pianist ) and even wrote comedy links for several variety shows . |
| 27 | Cobham Fellowship have for several years run two week , one month or one year training for future leaders . |
| 28 | In the exceptionally heavy snowfalls of 1940 and 1981 , several trams were stranded and the service suspended for several days . |
| 29 | The door closed behind her and Lindsey sat for several minutes , trying to bring her feelings and emotions firmly back under control , finally having to hurry to carry out her ward round . |
| 30 | Also , in their Kauai ( Hawaii ) study , the analysis was based on pregnancy intervals instead of birth intervals , with relative mortality rates calculated for several gestational and childhood age groups showing clearly the disadvantages of the shorter intervals in each age group ( Yerushalmy et al , 1956 ) . |