Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] run for " in BNC.

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1 They came from Chaura and from Chhuma , from Huri , Muri , Pere and from Gorigāu — the mad dog on its final rampage had run for miles , and in every village the dogs had scrapped and wrangled with it .
2 Then , when the truce had run for little more than three years , Richard II was deposed and murdered , his place as king of England being taken by Henry IV , the son of John of Gaunt .
3 We very much appreciated your decision to grant our country a medal within the framework of your interesting initiative entitled Running for Rights ( The Right to Food NI 179 ) .
4 Lead levels from a system with lead piping are much higher in the first few pints that come from a tap that has been left turned off than after the water has run for a few minutes , as this flushes out much of the dissolved lead .
5 The Midland Guaranteed Capital Bond is a unit-linked single premium life assurance policy designed to run for five years .
6 As long as the carrier continues to be liable for the delivery of the goods to a holder of the missing bill of lading , the indemnity has to run for long or indefinite periods of time .
7 The programme will recreate the traditional Carol Service train , which the Railway has run for over 20 years as worshippers travel by steam train from Keighley to Oxenhope , singing carols at each of the Railway 's six award-winning stations .
8 The scheme has run for three years and , during that time , around 180 dogs and bitches have been neutered .
9 Although the parquet was then expected to take steps to bring the document to the attention of the defendant , service was already complete and time began to run for various purposes regardless of the date upon which the defendant received actual notice of the proceedings .
10 It was a freezing morning and the Section had run for five miles over muddy paths and swampy fields .
11 Startled , the pack had run for the shelter of the trees , where they had milled about uncertainly .
12 from when your time begins to run for presenting any complaint to an industrial tribunal ;
13 ‘ The senator obviously just wants us to drown his children so they ca n't embarrass him when the time comes to run for President , ’ she told me next morning .
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