Example sentences of "[vb pp] for several [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At one station we were stopped for several hours alongside a troop train on which I discovered the Reverend R.H.L. Slater , now enrolled as an army chaplain , who told me the comforting news that my wife and three children had got away from Myitkyina a day or two earlier . |
| 2 | It can however be arranged for several bills within one household to be included on the same payment . |
| 3 | During April and May the pilot arranged for several lessons with a microlight instructor using the instructor 's own aircraft ; completed in a total flight time of four hours , these flights covered mainly upper air handling with little practice in takeoffs and landings . |
| 4 | Antibiotics are also prescribed for acne treatment and need to be given for several months at a time to be effective . |
| 5 | • In rodents , rhythms continue to develop in animals that have been reared for several generations in constant conditions . |
| 6 | ‘ At the alleged places of detention , ’ Mr Ahtisaari said , ‘ the facilities were found to have been stripped of all valuable material and not to have been inhabited for several weeks at least . ’ |
| 7 | Further , his duties were substantially a continuation of those which he had undertaken for several years in connection with Tutorial Classes and the annual summer school arrangements . |
| 8 | The JET project was delayed for several years in the 1970s , while the council of ministers vacillated between giving the project to ISPRA , Garching in West Germany and Culham . |
| 9 | A decision by the Environment Secretary is not expected for several months after the close of the inquiry . |
| 10 | It is advisable for children to be given inactivated polio vaccine as the live vaccine contains polio virus which may be shed for several months after being taken . |
| 11 | It is advisable for children to be given inactivated polio vaccine as the live vaccine contains the polio virus which may be shed for several months after being taken . |
| 12 | However , the catering department ( which comprises the customer restaurant , tea-room , coffee bar and staff canteen ) has suffered for several years from higher than average food cost percentages and labour turnover . |
| 13 | Q I 'm 34 and have suffered for several years from intermittent burning pains in my knees , which often keep me awake . |
| 14 | Life went on , and pottery and other artefacts continued to be made for several decades at least . |
| 15 | The privatisation of the British Airports Authority ( BAA ) , postponed for several weeks by the 1987 election , also raised worries of monopoly — no attempt was made to privatise the airports controlled by the BAA as separate competing companies . |
| 16 | If the equilibrium price has moved substantially and suddenly , the limit pricing system could mean that the market is effectively closed for several days at a time . |
| 17 | In 1953 the Men 's Fireside , now led for several years by Dr Mathews , came into being . |
| 18 | The latter was one of Captain Buck 's SIG men , a Palestinian Jew who had served for several years in the German army . |
| 19 | In 1918 , at the invitation of ( Sir ) Ronald Storrs [ q.v. ] , the military governor of Jerusalem , he was seconded for several months to Palestine to advise on the renewal of crafts and light industries destroyed during the war , and worked closely with C. R. Ashbee [ q.v. ] , the governor 's civil adviser and secretary to the Pro-Jerusalem Society . |
| 20 | Born in Hawick , he was a late starter in photography , having worked for several years with a water board , but his eye for a picture has brought him distinction on numerous occasions . |
| 21 | His explanation that he had worked for several years for one master , until his employer had died , mollified Jonadab a little . |
| 22 | Instead he had worked for several years for Lintas , the advertising agency owned by Unilever , only abandoning this job a few months before war broke out in order to concentrate for a period entirely on his painting . |
| 23 | Rationing of sweets , like food and clothing , was continued for several years after the war was over , and people like me with a sweet tooth used to bemoan the meagre ration of sweets and chocolate we were allowed . |
| 24 | • In rare instances , new-born babies have been studied for several months in a constant environment in a hospital ward . |
| 25 | The times are noted in.my diary and , if they are accurate , I must have survived for several days in succession on as little as one or two hours ' sleep per night . |
| 26 | ’ And he had stood for several minutes in the passage , paralysed with embarrassment , and shame and chagrin . |
| 27 | However , the higher ground in Scotland and Wales is usually snow covered for several months in winter . |
| 28 | Road pricing , which involves charging drivers directly for their use of the road network , has been advocated for several years as a means of reducing congestion and environmental impact . |
| 29 | On March 10 eight Roman Catholic bishops were arrested and interrogated for several hours after a pastoral letter , termed by the government as " seditious " , had been read out in churches . |
| 30 | Many people are taken away hooded and chained and are interrogated for several days before being released . |