Example sentences of "lasted for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Production of matchbox grips by small businesses lasted for 42 years , from 1911 to 1953 . |
| 2 | The strike lasted for virtually a year , ending in April 1985 . |
| 3 | Cuckney 's longest stint in government service lasted for about ten years . |
| 4 | ‘ We went to Netherhampton for a year ’ , he wrote : ‘ the experiment lasted for seven and here we are still at Netherhampton after a quarter of a century . ’ |
| 5 | Two of the three major annual pilgrim festivals lasted for seven days each , one of them , the Feast of Booths , taking place in the seventh month of the year . |
| 6 | The General Strike , which lasted for nine days between 3–12 May 1926 , was without doubt the most important industrial conflict of British inter-war history . |
| 7 | With only fifteen yards to go Crisp tightened as he felt Red Rum 's presence but it was his dying effort and only lasted for a second . |
| 8 | We had nothing at all to live on ; but one day I received a sum of money that we managed to divide up so that it lasted for many weeks , just so much a day . |
| 9 | A fight broke out within minutes , and lasted for several hours . |
| 10 | These annual Councils normally lasted for three days and were composed of official sermons , addresses and conferences on various topics . |
| 11 | This officers ' group lasted for the duration of the occupation , which is to say , for six years , though most of its leaders were caught and executed in the course of the war . |
| 12 | ‘ Since our major programs lasted for a decade or more , some observers have mistakenly , in my opinion , concluded that Highlander has been a series of schools . |
| 13 | The season lasted for six months of the year and entailed about 14 hours per week . |
| 14 | Most of the courses lasted for 6 hours ( one day ) or 12 hours ( two days ) but over the past 5 or 6 years there had been an increase in the number of shorter courses . |
| 15 | Dreyfus built up the business in the face of fierce competition and the company won a well deserved place in the aniline field , which lasted for over 90 years . |
| 16 | These drugs had an antacid and analgesic effect on ulcers but the neutralising effect of simple antacids like chalk , sodium carbonate or bicarbonate , magnesium carbonate , and bismuth carbonate rarely lasted for more than 2h and these preparations did not cure ulcers . |
| 17 | By establishing a paradigm for psychological investigation that lasted for some forty years , behaviourists seriously delayed the understanding of human cognition . |
| 18 | Ramapithecus lasted for about 7 million years and may have then given rise to the first true hominid , Australopithecus , which has a similar dental structure . |
| 19 | Sir Leon Brittan tells a famous story of how the Chancellor once raised interest rates half an hour after the Bundesbank , and uses this to illustrate that ‘ British sovereignty lasted for 30 minutes ’ . |
| 20 | The shortest government ever was that of the great European federalist , Alcide de Gasperi , whose government lasted for twelve days in July 1953 . |
| 21 | He became , first Treasurer , and later President — in 1974 , although this lasted for barely three months owing to his untimely death . |
| 22 | The strength of the institution can be seen in the fact that it lasted for generations in the sugar estates , despite social changes taking place around it . |
| 23 | The ban lasted for almost nine months , dealing a severe blow to the local tourism and fishing industries , and to many people 's faith in the competence of the nuclear industry . |
| 24 | In all the persecution lasted for about 250 years , being at its height during the reign of Diocletian . |
| 25 | During the sittings , which lasted for three afternoons , he was drinking grappa and reciting Dante . |
| 26 | Modigliani 's ‘ dry ’ period lasted for two or three months . |
| 27 | Blaney 's success in the States lasted for some years and then , in 1910 , the affluent company decided to tour Great Britain . |
| 28 | This lasted for four hours , from right in the morning until a little after noon . |
| 29 | The battle lasted for several hours and at about 10.30 p.m. there was a further clash as a crowd charged the police and was dispersed by a counter-charge . |
| 30 | Even the twelve inch , retailing at £2.99 , lasted for just two minutes nine seconds . |