Example sentences of "was [verb] for [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Described in the commercial directories as a ‘ voluntary school ’ and doubling up as a Sunday school , it was intended for 180 children , and sported Benjamin James as its first headmaster . |
| 2 | The mixture was heated for 5 min at 70°C and then allowed to cool slowly to 20°C . |
| 3 | This diet was consumed for six days . |
| 4 | One portion of the homogenates was boiled for 10 minutes , centrifuged at 5000 g for 10 minutes and the supernatant stored at -20°C for the later determination of histamine . |
| 5 | A nearby stream was polluted for 1,000 metres and 20 fish died . |
| 6 | The autoradiogram was exposed for 72 h . |
| 7 | The autoradiogram was exposed for 60 minutes at minus 80°C . |
| 8 | She was treated for 1 month with valproate 2 g daily ( 40 mg/kg ) , then nausea , vomiting , and abdominal pain occurred . |
| 9 | Mr Souness was treated for 30 minutes and then transferred to a high-dependency , progressive care unit at Alexandra Hospital in Cheadle , near Manchester . |
| 10 | The supplementation dose was given for one month , in two or three tablets with meals . |
| 11 | Each dose was given for 30 minutes . |
| 12 | To go with the new Class 90s an order was placed for twenty-nine Driving Van Trailers ( DVTs ) to replace the old Mk 1 guards ' van . |
| 13 | ‘ The only mistake we made was to wait for four years before trying to sort out our lives , ’ Julius replied in an unruffled tone . |
| 14 | Home po 2 monitoring was undertaken for 3 months and then discontinued by us . |
| 15 | The first session was arranged for 4 days later . |
| 16 | He immediately recognised the immense potential for the story but was faced with a major problem : the press conference was arranged for 23 March and the next morning was Good Friday — his paper would not be published that day . |
| 17 | The mixture was homogenised for 30 seconds , diluted with 50 mM K 2 HPO 4 / hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide ( 1 g/ 5 ml ) , and sonicated for 30 seconds in an ice bath . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | A Devon labourer who promised his mother not to marry in her lifetime , finally married only at the age of 51 : ‘ bugger , we was courting for seventeen year . |
| 20 | It was flown for six years by the Canadians before it was sold as surplus in late 1947 by the War Assets Corporation . |
| 21 | And loyalists claim a second inmate was blinded for 48 hours after riot squad prison officers turned high-powered hose on his face . |
| 22 | Another prisoner was blinded for 48 hours by power hoses , ’ he claimed . |
| 23 | The display was delayed for five minutes to allow the queues of cars to park . |
| 24 | An obstacle to Buchan 's transfer was that he would lose income from his Sunderland shop , and the deal was delayed for two months while ‘ under-the-counter ’ terms were agreed to compensate him for this loss . |
| 25 | The first attempt on the buttress was delayed for two days because of bad weather , and it took a total of five days to climb the feature , which included a band of loose rock at the base , and reconnoitre the south ridge to the start of a large rock pillar at about 5,900 metres . |
| 26 | One site with which the author was involved was delayed for two years , with constant revision to the proposed design . |
| 27 | The flight began in July but was delayed for two weeks until early August following initial problems with take-off at high altitudes . |
| 28 | Our start was delayed for twelve hours by a typical short but fierce blow from the south west which fell away during the night . |
| 29 | The formal opening in December 1644 of the congress at Munster was delayed for six months , at least partly by quarrels over ceremonial . |
| 30 | The application of Mr. and Mrs. Collins was delayed for 12 months on this score without the Housing Executive giving any idea of the reason for the delay . |