Example sentences of "lasted [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The innocence of the track lasted only a mile before splitting into three or four overgrown paths made slippery in the torrential rain . |
| 2 | This suggests that although the blast that killed them was intensely hot , it lasted only a few moments , not long enough to ignite fabrics . |
| 3 | That lasted only a minute though , so I tipped the wheelbarrow on its side and hauled the dead weight to the second track , which proved even worse than the first . |
| 4 | He did however , have a fateful attraction for some of the ladies as he delivered the bread , for as a result the partnership of Shipsey and Sheppard lasted only a few years . |
| 5 | Because the style ‘ Pountney and Goldney ’ lasted only a few years , and because the scenes depicted are still very attractive , good examples , without chips , cracks or staining and with the recognised mark , often fetch high prices at auction . |
| 6 | This situation lasted only a decade ; after 1908 the rate dropped sharply , in away reminiscent of its earlier decline in the Northern Band . |
| 7 | The marriage lasted only a few years , cut short by the death of Eliza ; when Robert returned to the same altar at St Leonard 's in January of 1837 as a widower , he must have had more than a flash of déjà vu . |
| 8 | It lasted only a year ( although there was no divorce until 1957 ) and some time after that Peter Lawford made the mistake of meeting Ava , who 'd just returned from a trip overseas , for a drink in a Hollywood restaurant . |
| 9 | Each individual hearing lasted only a few minutes and none of the accused was allowed legal representation . |
| 10 | The Bourequats lasted only a day on the run , and on their return to prison were forced to watch the execution of a guard . |
| 11 | But forever lasted only a quarter of a century and now here you are , girding yourself for yet another forever with your mistress . |
| 12 | He was not allowed legal representation and the proceedings , held in camera , reportedly lasted only a few minutes . |
| 13 | The honeymoon lasted only a week because Hubert had to be back at school for the start of the Michaelmas Term . |
| 14 | A short downpour drenched us , but it lasted only a few minutes . |
| 15 | The drive lasted only a few minutes . |
| 16 | Again , this was a 1960s fad which lasted only a very few years ( c 1966–69 ) , although split-screen sequences had occasionally appeared in fantasy films such as musicals in the 1940s and '50s . |
| 17 | Whilst the earliest phase lasted only a few minutes after the training trial , and the intermediate ones declined within the hour , long-term memory seemed to build up slowly over the first hour after training , and protein synthesis inhibitors would no longer disrupt it if they were administered more than an hour after the training ( Figure 10.1 ) |
| 18 | Courses vary a great deal in both their length and the number of people who attend them , and it would clearly be unjustified to assume that a single course on one topic was outweighed by , say , five courses on another if the single course involved fifty teachers in a full day 's attendance each week for a term , while each of the five other courses lasted only a couple of hours and catered for half a dozen teachers . |
| 19 | That is my first and most powerful memory of separation from my mother , and even though it lasted only a year , those feelings of rejection and insecurity have coloured my life . |
| 20 | Blackwell 's effective period as governor lasted only a year , from the end of 1688 to New Year 1690 , and is generally reckoned a failure . |
| 21 | She looked at him , for a moment all sarcasm wiped from his features , the eyelids calm as a corpse , arranged for a laying out , the unusual pallor of his skin like mica in the dark , but the seraphic vision lasted only a fraction of a moment , and the glint came back into his eyes and the twist to his mouth , and he said , slapping her on the side of her breast with a playful cut , ‘ Fantastic . |
| 22 | The political and social hegemony of the Austrian bourgeoisie ( Bürgertum ) came very late , very suddenly , and lasted only a very short time . |
| 23 | The touch of cynicism struck a slightly sour note , but it lasted only a few seconds before the teasing tone was back . |
| 24 | The touch of his lips against hers , so intimate , lasted only a moment , then his mouth travelled upwards to touch her nose and forehead , then went to her cheeks and her temples , each instant of pressure warm and almost … could it be … thoughtful ? |
| 25 | It lasted only a few seconds , vivid enough to temporarily subdue any discord until their habitual attitudes towards each other slid into place again . |
| 26 | However , in Billson v Residential Apartments Ltd [ 1991 ] 3 WLR 264 the Court of Appeal accepted peaceable re-entry had taken place although factual possession lasted only a few hours . |
| 27 | The exposure lasted only an instant . |
| 28 | Sightseeing lasted just a couple of hours … the rest of the time was devoted to training and playing … |
| 29 | The fifth-seeded South African 's embarrassing nice little earner lasted just an hour-and-a-half as he lost an up-and-down match to eccentric Frenchman Henri Leconte . |
| 30 | And the kind of thing they made of course erm were just short moments of motion , short silent films which showed action which lasted about a minute . |