Example sentences of "[Wh det] lasted for " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | During the sittings , which lasted for three afternoons , he was drinking grappa and reciting Dante . |
| 4 | Figure 2 shows the undulator for this new facility , which lasted for the first time in January 1992 . |
| 5 | On touching a certain stone , he appeared to release a massive pulse of energy as he acquired an instant migraine which lasted for fifteen minutes . |
| 6 | The blast damaged houses and a caused a fire which lasted for four hours . |
| 7 | The fact that ‘ She ’ appears to those privileged to see her as a veiled figure and that her lustrous orbs , dazzling limbs and perfect ankles are revealed with tantalising slowness , has a rather different effect on today 's readers than it no doubt had when the book was first published , very nearly a century ago , in 1887 , to be greeted with a storm of ecstasy or alternatively of appalled disapproval , which lasted for many decades . |
| 8 | During the service , which lasted for almost seven hours , the lifeboat took nine people off a stranded coaster , helped refloat her and put out a fire in a chip pan in the vessel 's galley ! |
| 9 | There had earlier been an interim order which lasted for some 13 days up to 23 December 1991 and it is common ground on this appeal that the 13 days must by reason of the regulations be subtracted from the three months . |
| 10 | He developed a flu-like cold which lasted for several days . |
| 11 | Candles were brought to the tables and any mishaps in the food or service were blamed on the lack of power , which lasted for three hours . |
| 12 | In 1106 Kálmán acceded to the Hungarian throne , and so began the long and often troubled relationship between Croatia and Hungary which lasted for over eight centuries . |
| 13 | They stayed on in Constantinople and became the nucleus of the Varangian Guard , which lasted for many centuries . |
| 14 | With the re-establishment of stable kingship in Kent and among the West Saxons under Wihtred and Ine respectively and the confinement of Mercian power , a period of relatively peaceful consolidation followed which lasted for a quarter of a century during which time kings in southern England embarked on that redefinition of their realms which is embodied in the extant laws of Wihtred and Ine . |
| 15 | In 1694 he was returned to Parliament , beginning a Commons career which lasted for more than sixty years as MP for Carlisle 1694–1702 , Cumberland 1708–22 and 1727–55 , and Appleby 1723–7 . |
| 16 | No sign of Franklin was found , despite a number of prodigious sledge journeys , including one by Richards which lasted for ninety-three days . |
| 17 | This battle which lasted for forty years ended in the passing of the Medway Conservancy Act of 1881 . |
| 18 | The incident sparked off a riot which lasted for three days [ see p. 37081 ] , and racial tension had been high during the trial . |
| 19 | The PKO bill was finally approved by the upper house in the early hours of June 9 by 137 votes to 102 following a major filibustering effort by the SDPJ and the Japan Communist Party ( JCP ) which lasted for almost four days and nights . |
| 20 | Although chronic diarrhoea ( defined by them as greater than 21 days duration ) occurred most frequently in this age group , this amounted to only 6% of cases — that is , 94% had diarrhoea which lasted for less than 21 days . |
| 21 | In 1832 Nicholas made a trade agreement with Washington which lasted for the rest of the century . |