Example sentences of "[verb] for the [num ord] twelve " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was heavily pregnant but she was questioned and made to wait for the next twelve hours without food or water . |
| 2 | Active or REM sleep onset will persist for the first twelve months of life in normal infants . |
| 3 | The excavations , a joint venture between British and Italian authorities ( Provincia d'Isernia ) and directed for the last twelve years by the School 's director , Dr Richard Hodges , have shown that for a brief period in the early ninth century San Vincenzo was an exceptional place with far-flung connections . |
| 4 | This routine will last for the next twelve weeks . |
| 5 | In 1938 he was elected president of the International Youth Hostel Federation , an office which he held for the next twelve years . |