Example sentences of "and [verb] [adv] for several " in BNC.
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| 1 | The generation of power from nuclear fission , generating intense radioactivity , has been developed and used commercially for several decades to meet part of the world demand for electrical energy . |
| 2 | ‘ We talked of the extraordinary fact of Lady Grange 's being sent to St Kilda , and confined there for several years , without any means of relief . ’ |
| 3 | He started the car by letting it run downhill — Maxim had insisted they park so that there would be no give-away noise of the starter- and drove steadily for several miles . |
| 4 | Cover and set aside for several hours or overnight , stirring occasionally if passing . |
| 5 | The needle crept steadily up to Mach .99 and hung there for several seconds . |
| 6 | Before their arrival at Heathrow , their passports and tickets were confiscated ; when the British Airways plane landed , they were separated from the other passengers , put into a van and driven around for several hours before being forced back on the plane and sent out of the UK . |
| 7 | She sobbed and sniffed and struggled incomprehensibly for several moments , fighting to control her tears . |
| 8 | It displaced The Smiths ' ‘ Strangeways Here We Come ’ in the independent charts and stayed there for several weeks . |