Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] for many " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately , the new baronet lived in India and no instructions from him were expected for many months . |
| 2 | In many of these different regions the native stone has given character and fitness to the buildings ; the wide variety of stones , together with the frequent use of wood and brick and thatch , especially in the stoneless areas , has added charm to English village and towns , and has made the dwellings , particularly the smaller cottages ( for stones for churches and large houses were carried for many miles even in early times ) , ideally suited to their surroundings . |
| 3 | In the hamlets and villages the galleries were used for many purposes . |
| 4 | The very rich religious vestments on display date from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and were used for many different ceremonies . |
| 5 | On April 2 higher prices , including the doubling , trebling and even quadrupling of the prices of many basic food stuffs , were introduced for many retail goods and transportation and communications services . |
| 6 | The Dukeries field was ( and still is in many respects ) different from many others on all three of the components of a place , as illustrated not only by Sunley 's arguments ( following Krieger and others ) regarding the different social relations at the workplace , but also Waller 's ( 1983 , p. 235 ) that whereas the Dukeries villages were praised for many of their design aspects , ‘ the social and political institutions of the miners in the new South Yorkshire villages left much to be desired compared with traditional and long-established coalfields ’ . |
| 7 | In the meanwhile , England and her king were to live for many years on the reputation won on that autumn day . |
| 8 | Negotiations on the treaty , which had begun in 1968 , were stalled for many years . |
| 9 | That hours of work were stated for many trades does not mean that they were always worked to the full . |
| 10 | In the east , many old Dwarf holds were cleared out , and the power of the Orcs was broken for many years . |
| 11 | Besides those grants taken out of context or distorted , the endowment was blamed for many things it had nothing to do with . |
| 12 | His only surviving set of clothes was exhibited for many years at the London Inn on St. John 's Street , and the American dwarf Charles Stratton ( ‘ General Tom Thumb ’ ) visited Stamford in 1846 , 1859 , and with his wife Livinia Warren and Commodore Nutt and Minnie Warren in 1866 , to view the phenomenon . |
| 13 | This interpretation was accepted for many years but has recently been challenged . |
| 14 | But just as a deeply flawed system of classification was operated for many years before the 1981 Education Act by professionals who openly disavowed it , so it is probable that levels of attainment will be used in most decisions about children who experience difficulties . |
| 15 | And that was hid for many many years it had generations . |
| 16 | A counsel of despair was offered for many years , which , in effect , said , ‘ put them away and forget them ’ . |
| 17 | The southern Mediterranean region is its home , and it was used for many centuries by the Arabs . |
| 18 | The most interesting item was a Q.V double florin which was sold for many times more than its 20p face value , leading the purchaser to complain ( with a smile ) about being ‘ ripped-off ’ . |
| 19 | In July 1568 , he was appointed to the Commission of Sewers , along with Lord Cobham , a position he was to hold for many years and which was to make him a close friend of Lord Cobham until Cobham 's death . |
| 20 | One bitch we bred , Champion Jagen Blue Trigo , did the original job she was bred for many years . |
| 21 | The Solland Sword was lost for many years , having disappeared during the destruction of Solland by Gorbad Ironclaw 's Orcs . |
| 22 | Unless the base stock was kept for many years in the same conditions as those in which estimates were made , problems could have arisen . |
| 23 | Lloyd 's Register , which carries out structural surveys of ships to enable them to be insured , believes that structural failure was to blame for many of the losses and is mounting an urgent investigation to establish whether this is the case . |