Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] for several [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her children had families of their own and her husband was n't due to retire for several years . |
| 2 | Some lived for several days in this pitiful condition , their feet gnawed by dogs , until they died in agony . |
| 3 | This recurred for several nights , and she simply reasoned that whatever it was not a danger to her life . |
| 4 | The legend that Crabb was taken back to Russia alive continued to circulate for several years and indeed still does , helped by a number of books claiming to be based on secret information from the East . |
| 5 | If it gets into your eyes , you may be unable to see for several hours . |
| 6 | If the general practitioner pronounces the patient fit enough , he may be able to start driving a car again , although he may need to retake a driving test if he has not been able to drive for several months . |
| 7 | Her own intense excitement had given way to a hollow feeling in her stomach and she had been quite unable to eat for several days . |
| 8 | The blood glucose level checked by the practice nurse or diabetic clinic is perhaps just in single figures but with close questioning the patient has had very little to eat for several hours . |