Example sentences of "[num] and [verb] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Farther round the arc was the Soviet incursion into Afghanistan , which began in 1979 and lasted for most of 10 years , despite resistance by the Mujahedin . |
| 2 | He was Charles Longuet Higgins , who was born in Turvey Abbey in 1806 and lived for most of his life in the family home . |
| 3 | She had gone to the doctor after her opening 77 and hoped for some kind of medication which would have allowed her to carry on , but all the medical man would prescribe was a three-day rest . |
| 4 | He was instituted there on 3 May 1631 and served for several years . |
| 5 | Deliveries would begin in 1990 and last for some 15 years . |