Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Continued Christy : ‘ A battle raged for five days before the enemy over-ran us , and I was taken prisoner ’ . |
| 32 | His pleasure at the escape had for some reason given way now to even more sadness in the presence of the eagles that were still caged , as if the escape of one had intensified the sense of imprisonment of the others . |
| 33 | The battle lasted for several hours and at about 10.30 p.m. there was a further clash as a crowd charged the police and was dispersed by a counter-charge . |
| 34 | Sir Leon Brittan tells a famous story of how the Chancellor once raised interest rates half an hour after the Bundesbank , and uses this to illustrate that ‘ British sovereignty lasted for 30 minutes ’ . |
| 35 | The resulting battle continued for six hours and both sides suffered severely , though the Mars and Bellone managed to get away unchallenged next morning carrying various prominent fugitives . |
| 36 | The contention continued for four years and the underlying reason for it was pique . |
| 37 | A possible intervention of the King 's Proctor to upset the divorce had for some time been lurking in the Government 's mind . |
| 38 | It requires even more time and a visit to a hypnotherapist until she can reclaim the knowledge that the abuse lasted for many years . |
| 39 | This correspondence continued for some years until 1878 when they moved to late in June . |
| 40 | Steelworkers in the public sector had for some time been in dispute with their employers , the British Steel Corporation , and had come out on strike . |
| 41 | Certain branches of the Ulster Workers ' Council wished for more time to prepare their particular factory or section of industry . |
| 42 | The passage continued for another few metres . |
| 43 | The submaximal plateau lasted for three hours , and half way through this the subject smoked one cigarette at the usual rate . |
| 44 | SONIC Youth type drummer wanted for exciting creative noise , we have songs , practise room and gigs , dedication essential . |
| 45 | And the British Rail Board stalled for four years , before admitting there was no evidence . |
| 46 | After the fall of Calais , when war ceased for some years , the king had to persuade the commons that direct taxes should continue in order to finance the defence of English positions abroad , notably Calais itself , and to maintain English forces in a state of readiness in case the enemy broke the truce and resumed the war . |
| 47 | According to H. B. Schiefer , a toxicologist at the University of Saskatchewan , Canadians at the meeting argued for more studies of the alleged victims . |
| 48 | She and her husband lived for most of their married life in Oxshott , Surrey , moving later to Golders Green . |
| 49 | With the reduction of the general level of infant mortality , the difference between the two under 20 and over 40 years maternal age groups increased , so that , recently the risk of dying as an infant became for those born to the oldest maternal age group higher relative to that for infants of mothers in the youngest maternal age groups . |
| 50 | THE Forum of Private Business asked for ten gifts from the Chancellor before his Budget and was given half of them . |
| 51 | This shift occurred for several reasons . |
| 52 | A HUSBAND drove for six hours before realising he 'd left his wife behind at a motorway service cafe — 450 miles back . |
| 53 | erm , cos Mary that still works in there she , her husband worked for either Mr Henry , I ca n't remember his name , the man that owned it , and I think , I think perhaps they were brothers or something , she , her husband owns it now it 's Freyers or something now |
| 54 | A British walker survived for seven days without food , save for a few prunes she managed to scavenge out of a dustbin , while lost in New Zealand 's rugged Taparua mountain range . |
| 55 | The war started for many of us long before that date . |
| 56 | Their fingers were linked as they walked to the car , but her body clamoured for more . |
| 57 | Dean 's body lay for four months in a lane 12 miles from the family home in Elmesthorpe , Leicestershire . |
| 58 | So , a bigger church was needed to cater for the rapidly increasing numbers , and a most un-lamb like argument over whether they should extend or move to a new site raged for six years . |
| 59 | The community continued for twenty years under the leadership of his brother John after Nicholas 's death , with an interruption during the Civil War . |
| 60 | The lecture lasted for 45 minutes and provided an interesting and amusing insight into the world of international rugby . |