Example sentences of "[vb pp] for several [noun] " 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 | Instructions are given for several neckbands , but everyone has their own pet neckband . |
| 5 | Antibiotics are also prescribed for acne treatment and need to be given for several months at a time to be effective . |
| 6 | The other scandal is the doctrinaire attitude of Labour-controlled councils such as Plymouth city council which , when Labour took control in May this year , halted for several months the previous Conservative policy of selling land to housing associations at concessionary prices , enabling rents to be kept down and output to be increased . |
| 7 | So great was Rodrigo 's grief that he was almost paralysed for several weeks . |
| 8 | • In rodents , rhythms continue to develop in animals that have been reared for several generations in constant conditions . |
| 9 | Proportional hazards analysis was used to estimate relative risks adjusted for several covariates . |
| 10 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 11 | Restlessly , she returned to the office , then recalled that the answering machine had not been checked for several hours . |
| 12 | All have doctorates in musicology from either Cambridge or Oxford ; two are currently associated with King 's College , Cambridge ( where the wellsprings of the English a cappella renaissance are to be found ) , and one has taught for several Oxford colleges that are also medieval choral foundations . |
| 13 | After this flight the aircraft was de-rigged again and not flown for several weeks . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Her body had remained hidden for several days . |
| 16 | Usually ground into a powder before use Pepper Sauces p101/ Hot condiments made from a variety of chilli peppers and often matured for several years . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | The plenum had been delayed for several months , allegedly because of divisions over economic policy between the central and provincial authorities . |
| 19 | This is usually about 18 days after infection , but it may be delayed for several months when arrested larval development occurs . |
| 20 | This catalogue raisonné has been keenly awaited for several years ; work began before the artist 's death in 1988 , aged eighty-six . |
| 21 | There 'll be no decision on who 's won for several weeks , while the judges tour towns in the 7 other countries taking part . |
| 22 | ‘ He is fully committed for several weeks ahead , but he could spare you a few minutes at the end of his list one day . ’ |
| 23 | The award for best British film went to The Crying Game , which , along with Howards End , has been nominated for several Oscars . |
| 24 | Several aspects of the reshuffle , which had been expected for several weeks , were attacked by opposition groups who demanded greater reductions . |
| 25 | A decision by the Environment Secretary is not expected for several months after the close of the inquiry . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | The Iraqi embassy in Brussels was occupied for several hours early on April 3 by Kurds protesting at the massacre of their people by Iraqi troops . |
| 29 | The door is locked and the windows are covered with grime ; in the silence the whole place looks as if it has not been occupied for several weeks . |
| 30 | It claims that the CSM said the change would be ‘ inappropriate ’ until further research had been done and the idea was dropped for several months . |