Example sentences of "it had [verb] for [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Committee made no reference to complaints from Members , although the IBA survey showed that the percentage of MPs who found the Chamber too hot rose from 9 before the experiment to 36 after it had run for four months . |
| 2 | And when it had trembled for twenty-two |
| 3 | The house looked as it had done for three centuries ; Lord Cumbermound was in no doubt that it would manage another three . |
| 4 | The true explanation is utterly different , and it had to wait for one of the most revolutionary thinkers of all time , Charles Darwin . |
| 5 | An eye movement period started and after it had persisted for 10 minutes , cold water was sprayed on his back . |
| 6 | By March 1983 it had persisted for 11 months . |
| 7 | In what Kohl described as " a terrible defeat " for the CDU in Baden-Württemberg , Germany 's richest state , the party lost the absolute majority it had held for 20 years . |