Example sentences of "and [verb] for several " in BNC.
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| 1 | The celebrated intermittent lake of Cerknica covers an area of 28.4 sq km ( 11 sq miles ) and persists for several months . |
| 2 | For example , I recently came across the word ‘ homerun ’ and tried for several seconds to read it as ‘ homer-un ’ , until I saw the correct morpheme structure . |
| 3 | If you do snap a twig then freeze and wait for several minutes before continuing . |
| 4 | The snow was beginning to turn to rain next morning and , although the ground was white right to the shores , we all went ashore and walked for several hours . |
| 5 | After that , his senses remained strained and alert for several hundred paces , but there was no more hint of a shadow , and as he moved away from the busier streets he became increasingly confident that he was alone . |
| 6 | He was instituted there on 3 May 1631 and served for several years . |
| 7 | They were often accompanied on such excursions by Christopher Sykes , who has recalled one wet Saturday afternoon when , in the Hospital gardens , they watched a football match between the Marylebone dustmen and the Chelsea Municipal Maintenance Staff : " The forlorn scene fascinated Eliot and in spite of the cold and the drizzle he stayed and watched for several minutes " . |
| 8 | Although it was dark and the road twisted away in both directions , the undertaker had stood still and listened for several seconds before venturing up the steps to the front door . |
| 9 | Cooking procedures : add boiling water and leave for several minutes to rehydrate . |
| 10 | Faintly bluish spots may develop at the site of a louse bite and persist for several days . |
| 11 | A fight broke out within minutes , and lasted for several hours . |
| 12 | Peristaltic or simultaneous oesophageal contractions occurred in clusters of four or more repetitive waves and lasted for several minutes . |
| 13 | On March 10 eight Roman Catholic bishops were arrested and interrogated for several hours after a pastoral letter , termed by the government as " seditious " , had been read out in churches . |
| 14 | Then a man-at-arms whom they recognised as being one of the leaders of the expedition reappeared in the village and stayed for several days . |
| 15 | A total of 478 students were arrested at the time and held for several days . |
| 16 | Not a big problem , but enough of one to have tried and failed for several years at everything from Weightwatchers to F-Plan . |