Example sentences of "[det] [verb] [verb] for [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That has lasted for five centuries , which is long enough ; especially oil painting which certainly does n't last forever , and may possibly disappear completely . |
| 2 | But of course all that has changed for three reasons . |
| 3 | This has remained for five generations in the same family , and roughly speaking with headquarters on the same site , whereas Smith 's ownership has passed through several families and occupied many addresses before settling in 1921 on 57–61 St Vincent Street . |
| 4 | Nothing much has changed for hundreds of years . |
| 5 | In Amazonian Annonaceae and Nymphaeaceae , beetle pollination tends to be fortuitous by contrast , e.g. scarabs on Nymphaea spp. in lakes , though in Victoria amazonica , there are four species of dynastid beetle attracted by scent and temperature ( 11° above ambient ) : these become trapped for 24 hours and feed on starchy carpellary appendages before leaving with pollen . |
| 6 | This was one of the largest sales to date in the government 's sweeping privatization programme , and Bancomer was the eighth bank to be auctioned in 1991 ; all had sold for two or three times their book value . |
| 7 | The team that was made up of the remnants from Roxburgh 's original squad — and three of those conscripted to compensate for nine weekend call-offs — distinguished themselves at Ibrox and none more so than Duncan Ferguson , of Dundee United . |