Example sentences of "[adv prt] for many [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The inquest went on for many days and it had all the appearances of the public inquiry that was to follow . |
| 2 | together with a representative of British Rail , and he was saying that , I , forget how many car transporters they 've got that erm , they built , bought specially to go on British Rail , he said , but they said he just had to give them up for many reasons and one of them was the problems that they have with new cars when they take them on British Rail and the brake dust from the trains apparently causes immediate rust . |
| 3 | ‘ I was sorry to see it go in a way , but on the other hand it 's been laid up for many years and now it 's going to give pleasure to other people . |
| 4 | The combined heat and power industry was held up for many years because it was in the hands of a state monopoly . |
| 5 | Fax machines have been around for many years and the obvious benefit of being able to transmit documents and graphics by telephone is by no means newly perceived . |