Example sentences of "[adj] [vb past] for [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Brown lived in Morrell House , Burton Stone Lane , York , but before that lived for 70 years in New Earswick . |
| 2 | The testimony of those whose lives have been transformed by his work is very affecting : bonded labourers , now members of the union , some bonded for three generations for the sake of a loan of Rs200 ( £5 ) and a few kilos of padi ; now learning a trade through the ‘ polytechnics ’ established by the Chattisgarh Liberation Front . |
| 3 | This continued for eight days or nine , till the companions of the Cid had made ready every thing for their departure , as he had commanded . |
| 4 | This lasted for two years , until he became Headmaster of Doncaster Grammar School , where he stayed until 1881 . |
| 5 | This lasted for four hours , from right in the morning until a little after noon . |
| 6 | This lasted for three days and they were called-up for questioning several times each day . |
| 7 | He then introduced a new type of 4–4–0 express locomotive , with a leading bogie which gave much smoother and safer negotiation of curved track at speed , and these ran for fifty years from their entry into service in 1876 . |
| 8 | Robert II reigned for 19 years and died in Dundonald Castle on 13th May , 1390 . |
| 9 | He was educated at Clifton College , Bristol , and in 1883 became for three years articled clerk to a London solicitor . |
| 10 | Five other people — three of them women — were injured , including a man of 19 trapped for four hours . |