Example sentences of "[noun prp] for several [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 23-year-old is returning home to Bruhl in Germany for several days rest . |
| 2 | Charles followed his advance band rapidly , and laid siege to Pavia for several months . |
| 3 | However all these composers are overshadowed in historical importance by a Flemish master of all-round achievement , Adrian Willaert ( c. 1490–1562 ) , pupil of Mouton in Paris , who served the court of Ferrara for several years from 1522 but went to Venice as magister cappellae at St. Mark 's in 1527 and spent the rest of his life there . |
| 4 | But it also signals the end of an ancient rite rejoicing in human warmth and in the sun 's return.Susanna Rance has lived and worked in Bolivia for several years . |
| 5 | Susanna Rance has lived and worked in Bolivia for several years . |
| 6 | She said nothing about Miguel to Victoria for several days , and Victoria did n't broach the subject of finding both of them in Miguel 's bedroom . |
| 7 | Yesterday 's rally by veterans angered at the way the once mighty army has fallen from its position of esteem was the biggest seen in Moscow for several months . |
| 8 | Having already written for the NME for several months as the transvestite sex-poet Susan Williams I was nervous , a straw sucker acting brash in a den of sophisticates . |
| 9 | US carriers were permitted to widen the already liberal rights they had enjoyed in the Netherlands for several years . |
| 10 | Anna looked up , and her blue eyes fixed on Sarah for several seconds . |
| 11 | Subjectively , Baldwin felt committed to MacDonald for several reasons . |
| 12 | MANCHESTER CITY are expected to lose the services of centre half Andy Hill for several weeks after hospital tests last night on his troublesome groin . |
| 13 | When The Marriage of Figaro begins , the count has been married to Rosina for several years , and is beginning to tire of her . |
| 14 | James Jeffrey , 50 , Charles Smith , also 50 , and Kevin Thorn , 33 , were arrested in November , 1990 , after anti-drug squad officers had kept them under surveillance in the Spanish capital and on the Costa del Sol for several months . |
| 15 | Foreign Minister Ali Alatas on Oct. 11 echoed criticisms levelled at Western countries by Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamed at an ASEAN meeting on Oct. 7 , over their failure to provide assistance in coping with large-scale fires under way in Indonesia for several months . |
| 16 | The fact that it is at least possible that Molla Yegan and Fahreddin Acemi held office contemporaneously for part of their respective appointments is of some help in trying to establish the identity of de la Broquière 's " grand caliph " ; for although Molla Yegan should have been Mufti in 1433 if his Muftilik and that of Fahreddin Acemi are viewed as successive rather than contemporaneous , de la Broquière 's statement applies rather better to Fahreddin Acemi than to Molla Yegan for several reasons . |
| 17 | Stunned by the heat , they roamed the streets of Ajaccio for several days , visiting its churches and bars and trying to equip themselves with some understanding of their new surroundings . |
| 18 | Because of this it has been popular at cat shows in the United States for several decades . |
| 19 | She had lived in the States for several years but she still retained her British accent , though she often maintained that she loathed England and would never return to it . |
| 20 | Nigel had n't heard from Eleanor for several weeks . |
| 21 | This has not prevented a number of very successful examples in recent years : Fry and Laurie for the Alliance and Leicester Building Society , Hale and Pace for Clorets , and — more surprisingly — Dudley Moore for Tesco are just a few examples , while Maureen Lipman 's ‘ Beattie ’ character practically became British Telecom for several years . |
| 22 | Odessa has a visa allowing her to stay in England for several months . |
| 23 | There is undoubtedly some truth in this ; the nobility frequently sent proxies to parliament in these years ; they were too preoccupied with war to have any reason for opposing the king in parliament , and their independent campaigns on the continent took some of them away from England for several years at a time . |
| 24 | It is an unusual show for Lloyd Webber for several reasons . |
| 25 | In the President 's citation it stated that the Jetstream 41 was the first aircraft to be designed and manufactured in Scotland for several decades and is testimony to the enterprise and teamwork of the company 's workforce . |
| 26 | She 's been back in Scotland for several years now , and she did n't know that Ryan was dead . |
| 27 | In fact , the snow was so heavy that the airport was closed for a time , briefly raising the hope that Professor Pollard would be stranded in Athens for several days ! |
| 28 | A no-through-road follows the coast of the northern headland of Gairloch for several miles , supplying small townships and crofts along the way . |
| 29 | Price , who lives at Gresford and has worked in Oswestry for several years , is waiting for the outcome of tomorrow 's Alliance meeting before contacting players . |
| 30 | He has lived in a large house in Buckinghamshire for several years . |