Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] for several " in BNC.
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| 1 | I applied for several and this one came up , that 's all , I did n't choose it particularly . ’ |
| 2 | This I endured for several months , having no spirit even to complain . |
| 3 | In order to observe this and to try to understand something of what life in the movement was like at first hand — and , of course , to try to observe the operation of sociological variables such as social control — I lived for several periods of a week or so , over a span of six years , in Unification centres and participated in various of their functions . |
| 4 | I lay for several days in a small wooden room , convinced for some reason that I was on an ocean-going ship . |
| 5 | Before having my first child four years ago , I worked for several years as a secretary at the head office of Sainsbury 's in Canterbury , and a further year as a personal assistant for Kent County Council . |
| 6 | However I do not recall hearing of any problem every being experienced by low-flying military hardware or cruise-level GA over Madley Earth Station which I managed for several years prior to my retirement last year , and which I believe is a much larger facility than Oakhanger . |
| 7 | At Sudeley ( Glos. ) , for instance , which Gloucester held between 1469 and 1478 , the key offices went to John Huddleston junior of Millom , initiating a family connection with the county which endured for several generations . |
| 8 | At Sudeley ( Glos. ) , for instance , which Gloucester held between 1469 and 1478 , the key offices went to John Huddleston junior of Millom , initiating a family connection with the county which endured for several generations . |
| 9 | The audience was so affected that when the performance ended nobody moved for several minutes . |
| 10 | He developed a flu-like cold which lasted for several days . |
| 11 | In the follow-up work , which continued for several weeks , the class worked on the design of castles inventing all manner of ingenious devices to prevent unwanted intruders or attackers getting in , went on a site visit to a castle , produced drawings and models and carried out a great deal of oral work , all inspired by the original story . |
| 12 | This was the product of centuries of historical accidents : indeed until the treaties of Madrid in 1526 and Cambrai in 1529 , which ended for several generations to come any vestiges of French sovereignty over Amiens and the Vermandois , it is hardly possible to speak of a state frontier at all between France and the Low Countries . |
| 13 | Bottcher Strawalde is an artist who lived for several decades in the shadow of the Berlin Wall ( the film was discovered or rediscovered by Parisians a month ago at the Jeu de Paume ) . |
| 14 | There she studied for several months at the Académie Carmen with James McNeill Whistler [ q.v. ] , |
| 15 | For example , if you suddenly feel unwell after eating , either cut out the food you suspect for several weeks before trying it again , or if you are confused about which food or drink may be causing the problem , go back onto the Stage I diet for a week or so . |
| 16 | As she lands , she calls for several seconds and her baby answers . |
| 17 | Before that she worked for several companies in Taiwan , the last one being Coca-Cola . |
| 18 | She thought for several moments , then twisted his words in an effort to pin him down to something definite . |
| 19 | She lay for several seconds trying to think what it was , then realisation suddenly dawned . |
| 20 | Minton 's generous hospitality was extended to many , to Robert Frame , Leslie Todd-Reeve and his wife , Nessie Dunsmuir and her sister who lodged for several weeks at Hamilton Terrace before and after a major operation . |
| 21 | The services of ISCO can be called upon by those who enrol for several years after the pupil have left school . |
| 22 | But she had for several years been living a life which the word frugal does not even begin to describe accurately . |
| 23 | All the family thought that in spite of Maureen 's arduous lifestyle , she looked better and happier than she had for several years . |
| 24 | The fate of a fallen minister or favourite might be even harder if he had aroused real fear and hatred in his opponents the executions ( or rather judicial murders ) in 1719 of Baron Goertz , the adviser of the dead Charles XII of Sweden , and in 1772 of Count Struensee , the progressive-minded but tactless favourite who had for several years dominated the court of Denmark , are good illustrations of this . |
| 25 | She stood for several seconds , fingering her camera , staring up at the trees , glancing down the path and listening for the sound of trampling in the undergrowth that would herald Fernand 's return to his task . |
| 26 | She stood for several moments in front of the altar before turning away and walking back towards the door . |
| 27 | On small tokamak experiments , we look for several developments : continuous operation of a toroidal discharge probably by driving the current in the discharge other than through induction ; a proper understanding of the relationship between the plasma 's internal magnetic pressure and that of the confinement system ; completion of the work on divertor systems and ways of exhausting spent fuel from the plasma ; and the development of more efficient ways of heating the plasma and in-depth understanding of the confinement physics . |
| 28 | We fished for several hours without seeing so much as a fin . |
| 29 | We marched for several hours then rested in a thickly wooded area until darkness fell . |
| 30 | But that has been in the past and that was a thing that we had for several years had A level plays actually on the stage am I correct ? |