Example sentences of "was [verb] for two [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | One site with which the author was involved was delayed for two years , with constant revision to the proposed design . |
| 4 | The flight began in July but was delayed for two weeks until early August following initial problems with take-off at high altitudes . |
| 5 | The following year Robinson founded the Garden and edited it until 1899 , when he was succeeded for two years by Gertrude Jekyll [ q.v. ] , his lifelong friend . |
| 6 | The outlawed Bodo Security Force ( BSF — see pp. 36694 ; 36851 ; 37348 ) campaigning for a separate homeland for the Bodo tribe , was blamed for two bomb explosions which killed 40 people in Guwahati , Assam , on Nov. 21 . |
| 7 | Bile flow was collected for two hours after intraventricular injection . |
| 8 | In the fifth week the original baseline condition ( no intervention ) was applied for two nights only because it was clear that this problem had virtually disappeared . |
| 9 | An electronic trading system was adopted for two reasons . |
| 10 | In the latter instance a whole timetable was freed for two days , this being in itself an innovation , and two classes , 6 and 7 , combined to work in groups with their teachers and a local inspector . |
| 11 | He was selected for two tours of England , in 1927 and 1931 . |
| 12 | Muscle strips were precontracted by 10 µM acetylcholine and the mean amplitude of steady state contractions was measured for two minutes before and after the addition of leucocytes . |
| 13 | St John 's Wood station was closed for two months from February to April for repair of the escalators . |
| 14 | Within four days , all the children had returned home , and the school was closed for two months to enable repairs to be carried out . |
| 15 | The injunction began a saga that was to run for two months , as Virgin scrabbled to find another bank to take over the role played in the lease agreement by Chemical . |
| 16 | At childrens ' hall , which was picketed for two days , picketed for two days , by this now happy band of Labour people in |
| 17 | Sir Bryan was gone for two minutes . |
| 18 | The country 's most prominent dissident , Elizardo Sanchez , leader of the Cuban Human Rights and National Reconciliation Commission , was detained for two days but released on Oct. 13 . |
| 19 | The debate was adjourned for two hours whilst Shamir , Peres and other party leaders travelled to Yosef 's Jerusalem home to discuss the proposal . |
| 20 | The case was adjourned for two weeks until April 6 . |
| 21 | The aircraft was left for two hours while the pilot was arranging for its recovery , and during this period it was extensively damaged by vandals . |
| 22 | The play was meant for two stars , ‘ not a star and a satellite , ’ she said , adding , ‘ It was all very depressing , but I 'm not hurt . |
| 23 | The death penalty was retained for two crimes : terrorism and murder in particularly aggravated circumstances . |
| 24 | He was jailed for two weeks and banned from driving for 18 months . |
| 25 | A MAN involved in a confrontation between groups of Catholics and Protestants in a Dungannon carpark was jailed for two months at Cookstown Magistrates Court yesterday . |
| 26 | Raper was jailed for two years and Allen for six months , Sir Nicolas saying it was one of the most serious contempts he had ever come across . |
| 27 | Mrs Lock , of Formby , Merseyside , said the driver , who was jailed for two years , served eight months . |
| 28 | James Beveridge , 36 , unemployed , of no settled address , was jailed for two years at the High Court in Edinburgh yesterday after admitting making a hoax bomb call to Gatwick airport . |
| 29 | Married Smith , from Walsall , West Midlands , admitted seven charges of deception and theft , and was jailed for two years . |
| 30 | He was jailed for two years . |