Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [adv prt] for several " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the time he got his foot to the brake pedal they were down among the mud and the car slid on for several yards before coming to a halt . |
| 2 | Such hopes as there may have been — American , French , even Vietminh — of a cease-fire or negotiated settlement lingered on for several months but once the French had begun fighting they presented their case , modestly , that military operations were designed with no thought of reconquest but simply to persuade the Vietminh that they had no hope of victory . |
| 3 | This type of question goes back for several generations , and small children are able to answer freely without any effort or strain on their part . |
| 4 | The process goes on for several days , a few polyps occasionally expanding briefly , until finally the coral returns to its former glory . |
| 5 | to collect the card but did Ms Sutton gracefully rise from her seat to hand it to her , no , she tossed it over the rim of the platform onto the floor below leaving the poor woman to scrabble around for several minutes looking for it and the , and the punch line is a little later an embarrassed Ms Sutton is contesting Cambridgeshire South West for the Lib Dems at the general election , apologised for her cavalier behaviour , let us hope she learnt from the experience yeah |
| 6 | The controversy smouldered on for several years fuelled by the entrenched views of some of the judges . |
| 7 | Concerned about the increasing number of complaints from neighbours of alarms sounding off for several hours the council has pledged to help end the menace . |
| 8 | Dexter watched the conversation between his boss and Russell rattle on for several minutes . |
| 9 | Family Day at OBEX was the highlight of the year , and preparations went on for several weeks in advance . |