Example sentences of "lasted [prep] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His visit lasted for a few hours at most — taking into account the time spent asleep — and the only really detailed description he gave was of the accommodation in which he slept in General Gowon 's home . |
| 2 | The acute depression lasted for a few months but the wounds healed enough for Gedge to build up a friendship with Duane , whose latent qualities he later recognised . |
| 3 | It was Desmond who put me on the game — that lasted for a few months , then I got fed up with it . |
| 4 | Between the wars the Salvation Army started in Kent Road , but only lasted for a few years . |
| 5 | The Clintons ' marital problems , they say , began then and lasted until a few years ago . |