Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [adv] for several " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was then seen to pitch up for several seconds and then pitch down with increasing engine noise . |
| 2 | Normally , the time is fifteen minutes , and for fifteen minutes it 's five fifty , so if you 've got a lot of hair , it 's quite coarse , it 's going to go on for several months . |
| 3 | After managing to hold out for several months against Paul 's pressurising , she had agreed to the engagement only a few days before this trip . |
| 4 | But they appeared to vanish altogether for several years to return mysteriously to look , to whistle and back chat . |
| 5 | Leave to dry out for several hours . |
| 6 | " I had to go away for several days and while I was gone your mother saw some papers in Devraux 's desk . |
| 7 | A media education programme therefore presupposes that a group of people will continue to work together for several years . |
| 8 | When he died in 1800 , Mrs. Smith took over her husband 's duties and continued to do so for several years , to the satisfaction of the directors . |
| 9 | He reached Britain this week , but then refused to turn up for several arranged interviews and acted aggressively enough to justify his old nickname , Killer . |