Example sentences of "was [verb] for two " in BNC.
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| 1 | The collaboration between Nicholson and Hellman was to continue for two more pictures . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | One site with which the author was involved was delayed for two years , with constant revision to the proposed design . |
| 5 | The flight began in July but was delayed for two weeks until early August following initial problems with take-off at high altitudes . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Bile flow was collected for two hours after intraventricular injection . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | While the domination of the criminal market was well known within the profession nothing was done for two main reasons : first , solicitors were making a handsome living and were under no pressure to find or create alternative sources of income : and second , there appeared to be no way in which these cartels could be broken by ethical means : |
| 11 | Then the 62-year-old globetrotter from Bristol revealed he was looking for two more women ! |
| 12 | He had a small touring company which had just suffered a couple of deaths in a carriage accident , and he was looking for two versatile and experienced ( yes ! ) players . |
| 13 | An electronic trading system was adopted for two reasons . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | He was selected for two tours of England , in 1927 and 1931 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | K. Some of the H.E.P. is used in people 's homes , but much was used for two new industries — smelting aluminium and making paper pulp . |
| 18 | St John 's Wood station was closed for two months from February to April for repair of the escalators . |
| 19 | Within four days , all the children had returned home , and the school was closed for two months to enable repairs to be carried out . |
| 20 | Emanuel Hospital , as it was called for two and a half centuries , lived quietly in Westminster into the nineteenth century and until a more elaborate scheme was developed by the Endowed Schools Commission . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | A table was set for two . |
| 23 | Contrary to her firm intention of not breakfasting with Ven , however , since he was standing by the table which was set for two when she again entered the sitting-room , she thought it would be infantile in the extreme to carry on with that intention . |
| 24 | At childrens ' hall , which was picketed for two days , picketed for two days , by this now happy band of Labour people in |
| 25 | Sir Bryan was gone for two minutes . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | The debate was adjourned for two hours whilst Shamir , Peres and other party leaders travelled to Yosef 's Jerusalem home to discuss the proposal . |
| 28 | The case was adjourned for two weeks until April 6 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | The whole pudding was meant for two , but we could n't finish it and I took the remainder home . |