Example sentences of "[noun prp] be [verb] for [adj] hours " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | After her arrest , Mrs Mohammed-Holgate was detained for six hours . |
| 3 | On Wednesday 16th December , Oxford Street was closed for four hours following two bomb explosions , one of which had been planted in a toilet in John Lewis department store . |
| 4 | Further , in rat experiments urinary exrcretions of PABA were measured for six hours after oral administration of 15 mg PABA-UDCA disulphate . |
| 5 | PABA ( 100 mg ) dissolved in 20 ml of saline solution was administered to the anal side of the colon through the colostomy , and urinary excretion of PABA was mreasured for six hours after instillation . |
| 6 | Biotinylated anti-mouse IgG and Streptavidin were applied for three hours or 30 minutes , respectively , whereas the subclass specific goat anti-mouse IgG conjugates were applied for 12 hours . |
| 7 | Newton Cap bridge on the A689 at Bishop Auckland was closed for several hours yesterday afternoon when a lorry shed its load . |
| 8 | Poured on to the plane , alone , Burton was humped for thirteen hours across the Atlantic , assuaged by alcohol ; stopped over for a few drinks in New York and then taken on an eleven-hour trip to Los Angeles which was made tolerable by more alcohol . |
| 9 | Telephone contacts with Vilnius were interrupted for several hours as was Lithuanian radio , broadcasting from temporary premises since the occupation of the radio and television centre in January 1991 . |
| 10 | Rain caused a landslide , resulting in the A1 bypass at Newcastle being closed for 12 hours . |
| 11 | Theirs was a marriage blanc ; Harvey was occupied for eighteen hours a day at the Ministry of Transport where he was one of two Parliamentary Secretaries with responsibility for roads . |
| 12 | And a 7-mile stretch of the eastbound carriageway of the M50 from Ross to Newent was closed for 5 hours until the wreckage was towed away . |