Example sentences of "was [verb] for [adv] two [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Okapi '84 was used for almost two years at one of PCL 's site libraries . |
| 2 | There were widespread arrests , popular professors were silenced , and St Petersburg University was closed for almost two years . |
| 3 | Surviving vicious family feuds and a number of humiliations at the hands of the English , Malcolm III established a line which was to last for over two centuries . |
| 4 | Keith Clash , 27 , was jailed for over two months at Bristol Crown Court yesterday after admitting theft and carrying an offensive weapon . |
| 5 | If he was working for only two days every week it would be ten weeks before he began to make a profit . |