Example sentences of "which had last for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the transition from Kenyatta to Moi was nominally smooth , it was in fact the culmination of a battle for power which had lasted for 12 years . |
| 2 | When the Battle of the Somme began , Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia did not exist ; Hungary was twice its present size and Austria was the centre of a ramshackle empire which had lasted for centuries . |
| 3 | He had been admitted with a fever which had lasted for three weeks . |
| 4 | He was uneasy about what had been going on in his absence , which had lasted for some months . |
| 5 | In these circumstances the conditions for unquestioned support for the statutory town planning system , which had lasted for over 30 years , were now considered debatable . |
| 6 | When France and Spain made peace in 1659 after a struggle which had lasted for almost a quarter of a century it was agreed that their representatives , Cardinal Mazarin and Don Luis de Haro , should meet on a small island in the River Bidassoa , which separated their territories in the Pyrenees . |