Example sentences of "this [vb past] for [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This recurred for several nights , and she simply reasoned that whatever it was not a danger to her life . |
| 2 | What this entailed for civil liberties may be gleaned by looking at the way in which Dicey dealt with traditional freedoms in the body of his work . |
| 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 | It was in the 1370s that the balance of the economy was seriously altered ; from 1372 there was a fall in basic food prices but no drop in wages , and this continued for some years , putting pressure on the profit margins which the manorial lords could secure from their estates ( 60 ) . |
| 5 | This lasted for two years , until he became Headmaster of Doncaster Grammar School , where he stayed until 1881 . |
| 6 | This lasted for four hours , from right in the morning until a little after noon . |
| 7 | This lasted for some weeks but at no time was the baby at risk either physically or psychologically nor was the mother and baby bond threatened . |
| 8 | This lasted for three days and they were called-up for questioning several times each day . |
| 9 | This accounted for many derivations that are not simply inflections ( e.g. happy , happiness , happily ) . |