Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [verb] for a [adj -er] " in BNC.
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1 | Elections were last held in August 1987 [ see p. 35490 ] , when the ruling coalition was returned for a further term of office . |
2 | Elections to the 125 elective seats in the Assembly last took place in October 1988 ; at the same time the President was re-elected for a further five-year term , having held the office since independence [ see pp. 36264-65 ] . |
3 | After this , pentagastrin ( 6 µg/kg ) was administered subcutaneously and gastric juice was collected for a further 60 minutes for estimation of maximal and peak acid output . |
4 | The meal was given with an additional volume of 500 ml water and imaging was continued for a further 40 minutes after the meal . |
5 | Little seemed in Mrs Whitehouse 's eyes to change at the BBC and , in early 1964 , the Corporation 's Charter was renewed for a further twelve years without any of the additional ‘ safeguards ’ that Mrs Whitehouse would have liked to have seen written in . |
6 | After injection , bile was collected for a further three house . |
7 | After a two minute exposure to acid , the perfusion was resumed for a further 90 minute period . |
8 | Trial was fixed for a later date . |
9 | The tank was left for a further two weeks , during which regular checks were made on the quality of the water . |
10 | The ban on political activity imposed when the NRM came to power was extended for a further five years in March 1990 . |
11 | He had n't had to suffer as much as her — I do n't so much mean that , like fishes , his pain threshold was higher than a human being 's ( although I do n't doubt that was the case ) as that he 'd been aware that his son was missing for a shorter period than his wife . |