Example sentences of "was [vb pp] for [art] period " in BNC.
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| 1 | Spare Rib was already well established , and was joined for a period by the Leveller , another collective magazine , and the East End News , which produced the first attempt to appeal to ‘ the masses ’ of East London by dressing up Right-On concerns in chirpy Chas'n'Dave-style modernized Cockney . |
| 2 | A lease was granted for a period of five years in which the tenant agreed to pay the landlord a sum equivalent to two months rent as a security deposit . |
| 3 | Joel Gascoyne was apprenticed for a period of seven years from 21 October 1668 to John Thornton . |
| 4 | The M1 was opened for a period at junction one yesterday , to relieve congestion . |
| 5 | To return to the ECSC Treaty , it was concluded for a period of 50 years only and is therefore due to expire in less than ten years from now . |
| 6 | This feeding was continued for a period after their release on the tenth day , in case they were unable to hunt . |