Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] for several [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This I endured for several months , having no spirit even to complain . |
| 2 | In order to observe this and to try to understand something of what life in the movement was like at first hand — and , of course , to try to observe the operation of sociological variables such as social control — I lived for several periods of a week or so , over a span of six years , in Unification centres and participated in various of their functions . |
| 3 | I lay for several days in a small wooden room , convinced for some reason that I was on an ocean-going ship . |
| 4 | Before having my first child four years ago , I worked for several years as a secretary at the head office of Sainsbury 's in Canterbury , and a further year as a personal assistant for Kent County Council . |
| 5 | However I do not recall hearing of any problem every being experienced by low-flying military hardware or cruise-level GA over Madley Earth Station which I managed for several years prior to my retirement last year , and which I believe is a much larger facility than Oakhanger . |
| 6 | There she studied for several months at the Académie Carmen with James McNeill Whistler [ q.v. ] , |
| 7 | For example , if you suddenly feel unwell after eating , either cut out the food you suspect for several weeks before trying it again , or if you are confused about which food or drink may be causing the problem , go back onto the Stage I diet for a week or so . |
| 8 | As she lands , she calls for several seconds and her baby answers . |
| 9 | Before that she worked for several companies in Taiwan , the last one being Coca-Cola . |
| 10 | She thought for several moments , then twisted his words in an effort to pin him down to something definite . |
| 11 | She lay for several seconds trying to think what it was , then realisation suddenly dawned . |
| 12 | But she had for several years been living a life which the word frugal does not even begin to describe accurately . |
| 13 | All the family thought that in spite of Maureen 's arduous lifestyle , she looked better and happier than she had for several years . |
| 14 | She stood for several moments in front of the altar before turning away and walking back towards the door . |
| 15 | She stood for several seconds , fingering her camera , staring up at the trees , glancing down the path and listening for the sound of trampling in the undergrowth that would herald Fernand 's return to his task . |
| 16 | On small tokamak experiments , we look for several developments : continuous operation of a toroidal discharge probably by driving the current in the discharge other than through induction ; a proper understanding of the relationship between the plasma 's internal magnetic pressure and that of the confinement system ; completion of the work on divertor systems and ways of exhausting spent fuel from the plasma ; and the development of more efficient ways of heating the plasma and in-depth understanding of the confinement physics . |
| 17 | We fished for several hours without seeing so much as a fin . |
| 18 | We marched for several hours then rested in a thickly wooded area until darkness fell . |
| 19 | But that has been in the past and that was a thing that we had for several years had A level plays actually on the stage am I correct ? |
| 20 | They practised for several weeks using newly-developed 1,600lb armour piercing bombs and specially-developed torpedoes fitted with fins for shallow running in the waters of Pearl Harbor . |
| 21 | They climbed for several minutes , the floor of the cave flaking beneath their tread . |
| 22 | By their very quality and integrity they continued for several years after I had been graduated from the post of Talks Producer to higher echelons of musical and dramatic productions . |
| 23 | They were quickly fitted with track brakes and put back into service on the Crystal Palace route still in Croydon Corporation livery , in which they ran for several weeks , before being sent to Hendon in turn for repainting and renumbering . |
| 24 | During the ‘ Killing Times ’ of the 1880s , when the Covenanters were being hunted down and killed mercilessly , the father fled with his family to Ireland , where they stayed for several years , probably until after James II and VII was deposed in 1688 . |
| 25 | They sat for several minutes , drinking coffee and talking companionably of this and that . |
| 26 | Neither of them spoke for several minutes . |
| 27 | And while Toff claims his techniques are very much part of the English slipware tradition , his pots often look like something out of Africa , where he lived for several years . |
| 28 | Miguel joins us direct from BARCELONA , where he lived for several months . |
| 29 | What hope there is resides primarily in the same section of the news-stands as it has for several years — the ‘ serious ’ and ‘ specialist ’ music press . |
| 30 | If you have put mud in the aquarium , leave it to stand for several hours , or perhaps overnight , for this to settle . |