Example sentences of "was [verb] [verb] for [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The intermediary stage was intended to last for three to five years . |
| 2 | In Xian , a similar demonstration was reported lasting for three days with some violence . |
| 3 | Perhaps most alarmingly of all from a Russian point of view , the population of these republics had been increasing very much more rapidly than the all-union average and on some projections was expected to account for 25–30 per cent of the total Soviet population by the end of the century ( the USSR was already the world 's fifth largest Muslim state ) . |
| 4 | The foreign trade growth rate was forecast to reach 18.8 per cent , of which the growth in exports was expected to account for 36 per cent and commercial imports 13.2 per cent . |
| 5 | A typical locust swarm can easily contain 40 thousand million individuals and the record swarm — one that was said to stretch for 2,000 miles — was estimated at about 250 thousand million insects . |
| 6 | I know sometimes erm people when they got their benefit , would try and do shopping for two weeks , but even that was unrealistic of how long they were , what they were buying was going to last for two weeks . |
| 7 | But he said he was going to ask for two . |
| 8 | Sir Peter was scheduled to sign for one hour , but gave way to popular demand and stayed for three . |
| 9 | However , at Rigby 's instance , the Royal Navy afforded Majid the necessary support and the insurrection failed , Barghash being sent to Bombay where he was compelled to remain for eighteen months . |
| 10 | Colin Moorfields , 41 , was forced to drive for two hours after the 28-year-old , armed with a 6in knife , said : ‘ Mess up and I will slit your throat and then mine . |
| 11 | Five ml of H 2 O were added to the resin incubated mix , this was left to settle for 10 minutes , and 4 ml of supernatant was removed and examined for the presence of 1 4 C-citrulline by liquid scintillation counting . |
| 12 | Her husband Alex , 45 , who was left to care for four children aged four to 17 , said after the verdict : ‘ He is a lucky man . |
| 13 | I was meant to talk for fifteen minutes but I went on for three-quarters of an hour . |
| 14 | The name of the Association remained a divisive issue within the deaf community and its hearing supporters , but the issue was allowed to smoulder for eighty years until the Delegates Conference in 1960 put the matter back on the agenda with a suggestion that the words " and dumb " should be omitted from the title of the Association . |
| 15 | Bile flow was allowed to stabilise for two hours before intracerebroventricular injection of neuropeptide Y or control was given . |
| 16 | Likewise , there was unity of time in that each of their interests arose simultaneously and was expressed to endure for six months . |
| 17 | So before you 're about to criticise the Spectrum , ask yourself this question : if I did n't have a computer and I was trying to look for one and I only had enough money for the Spectrum , what would I do ? |
| 18 | There was covered seating for 4,000 invited guests and a grandstand with a royal box extended into the arena from the middle of one side . |
| 19 | Furthermore , he was elected to serve for 48 months , of which barely 5 have elapsed . |
| 20 | Today , Tobin was sent to jail for 18 months by Judge Peter Fanner ; a sentence described by the club 's current president as just deserts . |
| 21 | He was sent to jail for three years ) |