Example sentences of "and [vb past] [prep] several " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , I recently came across the word ‘ homerun ’ and tried for several seconds to read it as ‘ homer-un ’ , until I saw the correct morpheme structure . |
| 2 | He had perfected the knack of making one really last , for which he was known and hated by several West-End barmen . |
| 3 | The snow was beginning to turn to rain next morning and , although the ground was white right to the shores , we all went ashore and walked for several hours . |
| 4 | He was instituted there on 3 May 1631 and served for several years . |
| 5 | I went to Dubai and called on several prominent figures who had known him as a local businessman . |
| 6 | They were often accompanied on such excursions by Christopher Sykes , who has recalled one wet Saturday afternoon when , in the Hospital gardens , they watched a football match between the Marylebone dustmen and the Chelsea Municipal Maintenance Staff : " The forlorn scene fascinated Eliot and in spite of the cold and the drizzle he stayed and watched for several minutes " . |
| 7 | Charlemagne fought and worked on several fronts at any one time ; in the military , political and cultural senses . |
| 8 | The five of us ate Jonjoli ( which tasted like seaweed with onion ) and chips and drank lots of Russian Manavi wine and chatted to several rowdy locals , who gave us bunches of flowers and told what they thought about living in Georgia . |
| 9 | A newcomer was Flight Lieutenant Rawnsley who had attached himself to L Detachment and went on several of their raids . |
| 10 | Although it was dark and the road twisted away in both directions , the undertaker had stood still and listened for several seconds before venturing up the steps to the front door . |
| 11 | Post-war the variety of designs continued with the Yak–12 high-wing utility monoplane which was first flown in 1947 and appeared in several variants , culminating in the Yak–12A of 1957 , over 1,000 of which were built . |
| 12 | Beamish was a vice-president of this organization and spoke at several of its meetings on his infrequent visits from abroad in the 1930s . |
| 13 | He toured the villages of Cambridgeshire speaking on behalf of the candidates , and spoke in several halls of the town . |
| 14 | Nicky had ( and for all I know still has ) the reputation of being the best criminal defence lawyer at the Scottish bar and had on several occasions persuaded juries to acquit those whom he had every reason to believe were guilty . |
| 15 | A fight broke out within minutes , and lasted for several hours . |
| 16 | Peristaltic or simultaneous oesophageal contractions occurred in clusters of four or more repetitive waves and lasted for several minutes . |
| 17 | Then a man-at-arms whom they recognised as being one of the leaders of the expedition reappeared in the village and stayed for several days . |
| 18 | The local councils in Birmingham , Bristol , Liverpool , Manchester and Sheffield , among others , denied this charge and pointed to several joint ventures with business , arguing that had they not been denied the resources , more co-operation would have been possible . |