Example sentences of "had [verb] for [num] week " in BNC.
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| 1 | Later in that year he had taught for seven weeks in the school ( a replacement master could not start immediately ) and had been paid £7 . |
| 2 | My family and I had to wait for three weeks in Bombay before getting a boat for England , but during that time I was able to do some useful PR work with newspapers and radio . |
| 3 | Although Iceland had changed some years before to driving on the right , the bus which was well past its sell-by date — was right-hand drive ; the first bit of England I had seen for three weeks . |
| 4 | After we had rehearsed for three weeks , on the very last night of rehearsal , we worked till four in the morning then photos were taken of us in these spangled costumes ; because they stretched from our ankles to our necks , we could n't sit down . |
| 5 | Mr Peres had tried for six weeks to persuade just one legislator to join his labour-led coalition ; in the end he failed , but said ‘ it was worth the struggle for peace ’ . |
| 6 | He had been admitted with a fever which had lasted for three weeks . |