Example sentences of "was [verb] for six [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This diet was consumed for six days . |
| 2 | It was flown for six years by the Canadians before it was sold as surplus in late 1947 by the War Assets Corporation . |
| 3 | The formal opening in December 1644 of the congress at Munster was delayed for six months , at least partly by quarrels over ceremonial . |
| 4 | Cardwell , of Mersea Road , Colchester , was discharged for six months and ordered to pay £53 towards prosecution costs . |
| 5 | Height velocity was measured for six months from the start of treatment and SD scores were calculated . |
| 6 | The bridge was closed for six months . |
| 7 | The airport was closed for six days last week when fire crews refused to cross picket lines by baggage handlers protesting against having the new system imposed on them . |
| 8 | They did not know that he had worked as a locum at Bolton Royal Infirmary and the doctor did not tell the infirmary that he was HIV positive before or after he was employed for six shifts in the casualty department . |
| 9 | PABA ( 100 mg ) dissolved in 20 ml of saline solution was administered to the anal side of the colon through the colostomy , and urinary excretion of PABA was mreasured for six hours after instillation . |
| 10 | Sentence was deferred for six months . |
| 11 | After her arrest , Mrs Mohammed-Holgate was detained for six hours . |
| 12 | The case was adjourned for six weeks to allow committal proceedings . |
| 13 | In 1989 a BGS engineer was seconded for six months to the Ocean Drilling Program ( ODP ) in Texas to work on the development of a downhole vibropercussive corer . |
| 14 | The next month the group declared a unilateral ceasefire and President 's rule was extended for six months [ see pp. 38101-02 ] . |
| 15 | Each subject was studied for six months . |
| 16 | ABE NATHAN , the former RAF Spitfire pilot who for 23 years has led an often lonely crusade for peace , was jailed for six months yesterday by a Ramla court for breaking an Israeli anti-terrorism law by meeting the PLO chairman , Yasser Arafat , in September last year . |
| 17 | She was jailed for six months yesterday after a judge told her she had caused chaos and fear to boost her restaurant 's profits . |
| 18 | Osbourne , of Wallasey , who won £12,000 , was jailed for six months by Liverpool Crown Court . |
| 19 | A DETECTIVE inspector 's daughter was jailed for six months yesterday for stealing £3,000 from athlete Kriss Akabusi , who won a World Championship gold medal . |
| 20 | Spence was jailed for six months at Newcastle . |
| 21 | A MAN branded Britain 's worst motorist was jailed for six months yesterday after clocking up his 12th drink-driving offence . |
| 22 | After a 3 hour hearing Oliffe was jailed for six months , as well as banned from keeping farm animals for life . |
| 23 | He was jailed for six months , fined £500 and banned from driving for 25 years . |
| 24 | Mrs Mandela was jailed for six years on kidnapping and assault charges but released on bail pending a yet-to-be-heard appeal . |
| 25 | But the company and police trapped Portuguese-born Antonio Quintas , 37 , a waiter , of Victoria Road , Portslade , East Sussex , who admitted blackmail and was jailed for six years . |
| 26 | A JILTED lover who drugged a young mother , tortured her with an electric shock gun and raped her in front of her children was jailed for six years yesterday . |
| 27 | A MAN who beat his unfaithful wife to death after she viciously grabbed his testicles was jailed for six years yesterday . |
| 28 | A man who admitted twice raping his 15-year-old daughter and indecently assaulting her teenage friend was jailed for six years . |
| 29 | Michael Lowther was jailed for six years and a further year for being in breach of a probation order . |
| 30 | Muise was jailed for six years . |