Example sentences of "[be] [verb] last [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The following 6 routines are designed to last 8 weeks each and they become progressively harder . |
| 2 | The proceedings are expected to last 2 days . |
| 3 | Political negotiations were scheduled for Aug. 10 and were expected to last two months . |
| 4 | The largely ceremonial meetings which began in Madrid on Oct. 30 were expected to last three days and were intended merely to initiate a wider negotiating process . |
| 5 | The hearing is expected to last 10 days |
| 6 | The Congress , which is expected to last 10 days , is due to consider the economic crisis and hear a state-of-the-nation report from Mr Yeltsin . |
| 7 | The hearing is expected to last four days . |
| 8 | The inquiry is expected to last six weeks . |
| 9 | Mary Fone , 35 , of Bebington Road , Birkenhead , Wirral , will stand trial on November 1 and the case is expected to last two weeks . |
| 10 | It is expected to last two months with a break between June 19 and July 7 . |
| 11 | The inquiry , which will be held in Northallerton and Marton , near Middlesbrough , is expected to last two months with a break between June 19 and July 7 . |
| 12 | The inquiry , which starts in Northallerton on May 19 , is expected to last two months although the inspector 's decision is not likely to be known until early 1993 . |
| 13 | Christopher How 's trial is expected to last ten weeks . |
| 14 | The trial is expected to last ten days . |
| 15 | The trial is expected to last 2 weeks . |
| 16 | The trial , the first of its kind , is expected to last three weeks . |
| 17 | It remains open pending the outcome of the tribunal , which is expected to last 3 weeks . |
| 18 | The sergeant has denied assault , in a trial that 's expected to last five days . |
| 19 | The trial 's expected to last ten days … |
| 20 | But no American politician , especially a wealthy one , is going to last two minutes if he 's caught looking down his nose at folk the way the French do . |
| 21 | The work 's scheduled to last 18 days , but the contractors are working round the clock to try and finish sooner . |
| 22 | The appeal began on 28 July and was expected to last two weeks , but after three days the judges decided they had heard enough . |
| 23 | The case was expected to last two years ; Honecker , who had terminal liver cancer , was considered to have only 18 months to live . |
| 24 | This RTP ( reduce to products ) contract was expected to last two-and-a-half years , and has just about come to an end after less than two . |
| 25 | The Lyons course was scheduled to last four years , but few pupils stayed much more than a year . |
| 26 | The journey was meant to last three hours , but the train always left at least an hour late . |