Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] for several " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Catch 22 problem was that for several years there had been few big headlines about fusion as no dramatic breakthroughs had been occurring . |
| 2 | The Moscow newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda suggested that one of the reasons why Pogosyan was resigning was that for several days he had been unable to secure an audience with Gorbachev to discuss developments in Armenia . |
| 3 | Mr. Ray Powell : Does the Secretary of State recall that when he was a Minister in the Department of Energy , he was responsible for several colliery closures in Wales ? |
| 4 | Thessaly was important for several reasons . |
| 5 | Manville was silent for several moments . |
| 6 | Luke was silent for several seconds and she began to suspect that he had fallen asleep . |
| 7 | The challenge clearly did n't appeal to Luke and he was silent for several seconds , contemplating it distastefully . |
| 8 | Stunned by what she had seen , Tallis was silent for several minutes ; then she turned to Wynne-Jones . |