Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] for several " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | However , the higher ground in Scotland and Wales is usually snow covered for several months in winter . |
| 4 | This retardation effect continues for several growing seasons and produces an indented conical depression . ’ |
| 5 | IPC is looking for sponsorship deals for several of the magazine 's regular puzzles . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | This shift occurred for several reasons . |
| 11 | Yet you are likely to need to know the exact date when your job terminates for several reasons , such as to ascertain : |
| 12 | This symptom free period lasted for several days and even weeks . |
| 13 | Yorick screamed again — the high wail lasted for several seconds before it ended with a sharp report . |
| 14 | The restoration process lasted for several years , extending to other parts of the station , and eventually cost in the region of £10m . |
| 15 | The restoration process lasted for several years , extending to other parts of the station , and eventually cost around £10m . |
| 16 | He also provided lyrics for a musical ( Whitaker was an accomplished pianist ) and even wrote comedy links for several variety shows . |
| 17 | Cobham Fellowship have for several years run two week , one month or one year training for future leaders . |
| 18 | In the exceptionally heavy snowfalls of 1940 and 1981 , several trams were stranded and the service suspended for several days . |
| 19 | It would also be my advice to arrange for several quotations for the finance . |
| 20 | With all the ingredients in hand , a regular slot on the weekly network schedule is assigned , and the entire cast meets for several hours ' ’ wood-shed ’ rehearsal where the individual numbers are whittled into shape for the performance . |
| 21 | Sometimes farmers decide to leave their sown grass to grow for several years — called a long ley . |
| 22 | After emigration , mononuclear phagocytes may remain as immobile tissue macrophages for several months until they are stimulated or activated . |
| 23 | Two weeks later comes the West End début of an actress who has been brightening the fringe and television sets for several years now : 26-year old Serena Gordon . |
| 24 | The villa at Snodland was excavated in 1964 and covered quite a considerable area stretching for several hundred feet along the bank of the river , the site now occupied by the Lead Wool Co. and the Gas Works . |
| 25 | In 1821 , after assisting in his father 's engineering works for several years , he went to Glasgow University , where he studied chemistry under Andrew Ure [ q.v. ] and medicine to qualify as a doctor . |
| 26 | The materials were broken down and thoroughly mixed and were then led into a " back " where the slurry remained for several weeks while the water was gradually drained off . |
| 27 | During April and May the pilot arranged for several lessons with a microlight instructor using the instructor 's own aircraft ; completed in a total flight time of four hours , these flights covered mainly upper air handling with little practice in takeoffs and landings . |
| 28 | Inevitably , decision making in an organisation like the EEC would be complicated , especially as the treaty provided for several different kinds of decision . |
| 29 | Central government and the Water Authorities have deliberately hidden the truth from the water-consuming public by failing to conduct surveys ( for example , not collating data on pesticides ) , using misleading types of measurement ( for example , lead from tapwater running for several minutes ) , and simply withholding information ( as at Camelford and in Dumfries and Galloway ) . |
| 30 | To understand the importance of mobility , just think of someone who has broken a leg and has had to endure a plaster cast for several weeks . |