Example sentences of "it was [vb pp] for [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was silenced for eight days . |
| 2 | In 1707 , Gibraltar became besieged by the Spaniards and it was defended for three years by General Elliot , who became Lord Heathfield and who bought Heathfield House , facing Turnham Green , from Lord Egmont , in 1789 . |
| 3 | Continuing his co-operating with our department , the owner contacted us and it was arranged for one of our Investigation officers to accompany him to Belgium in the guise of a mechanic . |
| 4 | The sample had a 170:1 split , at an initial temperature of 220°C , ramping at 2°C/minute to 280°C at which it was kept for 15 minutes , using helium as the carrier gas . |
| 5 | During April a Swedish-registered Zlin Z242L ( OATS 's parent company CSE Aviation is Swedish-owned , and the Swedish parent has a Zlin dealership ) spent a week in England , where it was evaluated for 23 flying hours by RAF personnel and also flown by OATS instructors . |
| 6 | It was flown for six years by the Canadians before it was sold as surplus in late 1947 by the War Assets Corporation . |
| 7 | Emanuel Hospital , as it was called for two and a half centuries , lived quietly in Westminster into the nineteenth century and until a more elaborate scheme was developed by the Endowed Schools Commission . |
| 8 | Earl Godwine held it , and in the time of King Edward , as now , it was assessed for 12 hides . |
| 9 | Nacro says it was built for 107 prisoners , but contains 195. making it eighty two per cent overcrowded . |
| 10 | Nacro says it was built for 107 prisoners , but now houses almost double that . |
| 11 | ‘ Appleton House only has 12–14 residents when it was built for 30 originally , ’ he said . |
| 12 | It was extended for three days after officials reported violence had dropped below the average 30 killings a day . |
| 13 | Described in the commercial directories as a ‘ voluntary school ’ and doubling up as a Sunday school , it was intended for 180 children , and sported Benjamin James as its first headmaster . |
| 14 | From Nibthwaite to Ulverston it was carried for 4/6 per ton . |
| 15 | Well it was marked for one and there was no milk , there was no er , there was an empty bottle in the thing , but no milk , as long as he do n't charge you for . |
| 16 | Last night it was shown for one night only at a charity screening for St. Edward 's School in Oxford . |
| 17 | Er , Jim , Birmingham , West er , Midlands er , supporting er , the sectionalization of the union because erm , we were told a few months ago it was passed for nineteen ninety one . |
| 18 | As an example , it was found for one Latin American country that the mother 's individual characteristics were the most important determinants of neonatal mortality , but such housing conditions as type of water supply and sewage disposal were almost equally important . |
| 19 | It was estimated for three and a half . |
| 20 | It was closed for four years from 1980 to 1984 , with the army occupying the campus , and since then has struggled to continue its academic work . |
| 21 | Then on 14 June 1985 TWA Flight 847 was hijacked and forced to land at Beirut where , before the world 's television cameras , it was held for 17 days . |