Example sentences of "to last [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus began the French phase of the Vietnam conflict which was to last eight years . |
| 2 | It was not unusual for a well made wheel to last fifty years or more ; centuries of know-how were built into each one . |
| 3 | For £40.00 you can buy a season ticket to last 12 months . |
| 4 | Ice expected to last some time , but look for a few skimmers and perch at Newport on pole and maggot . |
| 5 | It was heresy , of course , but the show was likely to last another hour at least — Saint Laurent was famous for the length of his shows — and afterwards there was bound to be the most fearful crush . |
| 6 | The proceedings are expected to last 2 days . |
| 7 | The trial is expected to last 2 weeks . |
| 8 | I 'm so pleased with them — thank you for your advice , they are a great success , and the room now ‘ just ’ needs a coat of paint/wallpaper and a decent bookcase … but I doubt they 'll happen very soon due to my finances £18.66 to last 7 days oh dear oh dear ! |
| 9 | which was to last six months , made the ‘ Reel Around The Fountain ’ accusations seem trivial by comparison . |
| 10 | It was supposed to last six months but remained in effect for more than two years . |
| 11 | The inquiry is expected to last six weeks . |
| 12 | The hearing , which was originally expected to last six weeks , became one of the world 's longest medical disciplinary proceedings , with McBride himself spending nearly seven weeks under cross-examination . |
| 13 | The agreement , to last 10 years , allowed for joint military exercises and for French military advisors to be attached to the Kuwaiti armed forces . |
| 14 | The hearing is expected to last 10 days |
| 15 | The Congress , which is expected to last 10 days , is due to consider the economic crisis and hear a state-of-the-nation report from Mr Yeltsin . |
| 16 | The journey was meant to last three hours , but the train always left at least an hour late . |
| 17 | Pres presentation one and it was to last three minutes and the subject was what would I do if I won two million pounds and we recorded that er on the C C T V for later playback . |
| 18 | The largely ceremonial meetings which began in Madrid on Oct. 30 were expected to last three days and were intended merely to initiate a wider negotiating process . |
| 19 | The admission fee was 20 guineas , and board and lodging were 30 guineas per annum , for a course planned ( on paper at least ) to last three years . |
| 20 | ‘ Travis had enough work to last three weeks but , on account of you , he must have worked like the devil . |
| 21 | Bedworth 's trial , expected to last three weeks , continues . |
| 22 | The trial , the first of its kind , is expected to last three weeks . |
| 23 | The trial , expected to last three weeks , continues . |
| 24 | The last Governor-General , Sir Veerasamy Ringadoo , assumed the position of President for a transitional period expected to last three months . |
| 25 | On Aug. 31 the UN announced another 79,200 tonnes of food for Somalia , worth US$26,000,000 and reckoned to last three months . |
| 26 | Allitt sat pale with her hands in her lap throughout the opening day of a hearing expected to last three months , but showed no emotion . |
| 27 | Not for the first time this season , he was lucky to last 90 minutes . |
| 28 | ‘ Steady on mate , ’ he shouted , ‘ that 's got to last all day , and there 's only a gallon in that jar . ’ |
| 29 | The walk is expected to last all day so bring a packed lunch . |
| 30 | You got your sugar ration in the morning which had to last all day : one egg cup full , a red plastic egg cup with ER on the bottom . |